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Pools, Ponds, and Lakes

Question 5 • *GV 2019 - MPS Environmental Science Semester 2 SC631

Match each scenario with the correct component of natural selection. On average, sea turtles lay about 110 eggs in a clutch. However, only a fraction of the baby turtles make it to the ocean. Then, an even smaller number have offspring of their own.

Answer
A
variation
B
overpopulation
C
adaptation

Explanation

Sea turtles produce many more eggs than can survive to reproduce. This is overpopulation: organisms produce more offspring than the environment can support, so only a fraction survive and have offspring. The correct choice is overpopulation.

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