Which of the Following Statements Comes Closest to Describing the Principle

question 91

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements comes closest to describing the principle central to Darwin's idea of natural selection?

• A) Individuals within a species vary, and those with the best adapted characteristics survive to reproduce, thereby passing their genes to future generations.
• B) Nature selects the particular individuals that have the best characteristics and these individuals are allowed to interbreed with each other, thereby creating the strongest offspring.
• C) People prefer to mate with the most attractive members of the opposite sex, selecting their mates according to natural factors related to physical attractiveness.
• D) Humans evolved from the apes.

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Definitions:

Population Variances

A measure of the spread or distribution of a set of data points in a population, indicating how much the values differ from the mean.

Estimate

An approximation or informed guess of a quantity or value when the exact number is unknown or uncertain.

Sample Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of the sample data points around the sample mean, estimating the variance of the population from which the sample was drawn.

Treatment

In experimental research, an intervention or condition applied to subjects to observe its effects on some outcome or variable.