What Term Describes the Process in Which the Young of Any

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Multiple Choice

What term describes the process in which the young of any species will be more likely to survive if they are born with variations on a wide range of characteristics that are best adapted to their environment?

• A)evolution
• B)adaptive centrism
• C)mutational change
• D)natural selection

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Definitions:

Parent

A company that holds a controlling interest in one or more subsidiaries, or an individual who has a child.

Subsidiary

A company that is controlled by another company, known as the parent company, through majority share ownership.

Diversification

A risk management strategy that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio to minimize the impact of any single asset's performance.

Variability

The degree to which data points in a data set differ from each other and from the mean, indicating the volatility or dispersion around the average value.