Question

Natural selection __________

(mark all correct answers)


A. selects those mutations that give an organism an advantage for survival


B. produces the mutations


C. results in adaptations

Answer 1

Correct answers: A and C.

- A is true: natural selection increases the frequency of mutations/variants that confer a survival or reproductive advantage.
- B is false: mutations arise randomly (or by other processes); natural selection does not produce them.
- C is true: by favoring beneficial variants, natural selection can result in adaptations (traits that improve fitness).