According to the Text, Which of the Following Best Describes

question 21

Multiple Choice

According to the text, which of the following best describes "change" in the traits of living things?

• A) Nature plans ahead and designs certain kinds of changes.
• B) Nature allows for living things to remain essentially unchanged from one generation to the next.
• C) Nature produces changes in living things that are essentially random.
• D) Nature, through the process of reproduction, is guaranteed to produce predictable outcomes in the traits of offspring.

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