In a population of lizards, some have longer tails. These lizards are better able to escape predators. Over several generations, longer tailed lizards become more common.

Question

How does this example illustrate evolution?

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Responses

Lizards with longer tails migrated from other regions.
Lizards with longer tails migrated from other regions.

Natural selection favoring longer-tailed lizards due to predation.
Natural selection favoring longer-tailed lizards due to predation.

Lizards in the population will all begin to grow longer tails.
Lizards in the population will all begin to grow longer tails.

Mutations introducing longer tails randomly.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

Natural selection favoring longer-tailed lizards due to predation.

This option illustrates evolution by explaining how those lizards with advantageous traits (in this case, longer tails) have a better chance of survival and reproduction, leading to an increase in the frequency of longer-tailed lizards in the population over generations.