Which One of the Following Is NOT an Observation of a Population

question 65

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is NOT an observation of a population where natural selection is at work?

• A)There is variation that can be inherited in a population
• B)The population always becomes adapted to its environment
• C)Many more individuals are produced by a population than can survive and reproduce
• D)Adaptive characteristics in some individuals make them more likely to survive and reproduce
• E)All of the choices are correct

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Definitions:

Policies

Principles or rules established by organizations, governments, or groups to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes.

Policies

Guidelines or principles that direct actions towards specific goals or objectives, often set by governments, organizations, or institutions.

Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs)

Limits (quotas) set by a government or a fisheries commission on the total number or total weight of a species that an individual fisher can harvest during some particular time period; fishers can sell (transfer) the right to use all or part of their respective individual quotas to other fishers.

Tragedy of the Commons

A situation in which individuals act according to their own self-interest regarding a shared resource, depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action.