The Beaks of Birds Are Well Suited to the Type

question 33

Multiple Choice

The beaks of birds are well suited to the type of food they eat. This result arises from

• A) organisms changing so that they can do things more efficiently.
• B) adaptations that occur as part of natural selection leading to a closer and closer fit between organisms and their environment.
• C) birds eating only what their beaks are well suited to eat.
• D) adaptations only allowing those organisms that are well suited to a food source to feed on it.
• E) natural selection causing adaptations to develop in the birds to match the beaks.

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