Which of the Following Is Not Part of the Theory

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not part of the theory of natural selection?

• A) Individuals in a population vary.
• B) Some variation can be passed on to offspring.
• C) Populations produce more offspring than the environment can support.
• D) All species are descended from a common ancestor.

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Definitions:

P < 0.05

A statistical threshold indicating that the observed results are significant with a probability of less than 5% being due to chance.

Obtained Value

The actual value measured or computed from a data set or experiment, often compared against a theoretic or critical value in hypothesis testing.

Population Standard Deviation

The population standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of values within a population, quantifying how much the values differ from the population mean.

Square Root

A value that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number, representing the inverse operation of squaring.