Which of the Following Is NOT a Step in the Process

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a step in the process of natural selection?

• A) members of a population possess heritable variations
• B) the population produces more offspring than the environment can support
• C) individuals who have favorable traits survive and reproduce more than those individuals lacking such traits
• D) people select which individuals breed and which ones do not
• E) over multiple generations of reproducing, a larger proportion of the population will have those favorable traits and thus adaptation has occurred

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Definitions:

Opportunity Cost

The cost of foregone alternatives, representing the benefits one could have received by taking a different decision.

Substitution Effect

The change in consumption patterns due to a change in relative prices, leading consumers to substitute one product for another.

Demand Curve

A curve showing the relation between the price of a good and the quantity consumers are willing and able to buy per period, other things constant.

Market Demand Curve

A graphical representation that depicts the total quantity of a good or service that all consumers in a market are willing and able to purchase at various prices.