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The Theory of Evolution

Question 8 • SLPS-2001310-Earth/Space B -GF

Which is the best example of natural selection?

Answer
A
Some insects in a population survive temperature changes and pass on their traits to their offspring.
B
A deer population is rapidly killed off by a forest fire.
C
A few mice from a population randomly die from a disease, while surviving mice are not able to reproduce and slowly die off.
D
An injured bald eagle is captured and placed in a wildlife facility where it survives for 10 years.

Explanation

Natural selection occurs when individuals with inherited traits that improve survival or reproduction leave more offspring. In choice A, some insects survive temperature changes and pass their traits to their offspring, so those traits can become more common in the population. A forest fire or random deaths alone do not show that an inherited trait leads to greater reproductive success, and the eagle in the facility does not pass its traits on through reproduction.

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