A.

Question

Over time, the finches that were born with beaks better suited to the available food supply in their habitats survived and reproduced.
B.
The residents of the Galapagos Islands selectively bred together finches having the traits that they wanted them to have.
C.
The narrow beaked finches came first and evolved into the broad-beaked finches through a series of natural mutations.
D.
The broad beaked finches wore down their beaks digging for insects and passed these narrower beak on to their offspring.

Answer 1

The statement that best describes the process of natural selection in finches is:

A. Over time, the finches that were born with beaks better suited to the available food supply in their habitats survived and reproduced.

This description aligns with the principles of natural selection, where certain traits that confer an advantage in survival and reproduction become more common in a population over time. The other options either suggest artificial selection (B), incorrect evolutionary processes (C), or a misunderstanding of inheritance (D).