Organic Evolution

question 9

Multiple Choice

Organic evolution

• A) is a change in an individual over its lifetime.
• B) describes the changes that a culture undergoes over time.
• C) describes the variation observed in a population of individuals during one time frame.
• D) is a term synonymous with epigenetics.
• E) is the accumulation of genetic changes in a population of living organisms over many generations.

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

The mechanism through which better-suited organisms to their surroundings are more likely to survive and yield a higher number of progeny.

Scientific Method

Making, testing, and evaluating hypotheses about the natural world.

Law Of Nature

Generalization that describes a consistent natural phenomenon but does not propose a mechanism.

Scientific Explanation

A rationale based on evidence and reasoning to explain natural phenomena or experimental results.