Natural Selection Is a Process in Which Organisms That Are

question 13

Multiple Choice

Natural selection is a process in which organisms that are better suited to a certain set of environmental conditions tend to survive and reproduce more often than others. This leads to evolution as

• A) organisms with those traits appear more often in the population.
• B) the environment changes fast enough to prevent overpopulation.
• C) the traits mutate into other traits.
• D) organisms with different traits appear more often.
• E) organisms with those traits appear less often in the population.

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