a farmer sprays insecticide on his crops and notices that the insect pest problems disappear. a year later he tries the same insecticide only to find that he did not achieve the same result. the insect population shows resistance to the insecticide. This is an example of acting on a population to change its characteristics
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This is an example of natural selection. Natural selection is the process by which organisms that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce. In this case, the insect population has developed a resistance to the insecticide, allowing them to survive and reproduce despite the farmer's efforts to control them.