Q1. Which of these individuals is most likely to be successful in an evolutionary sense?
a. a reproductively sterile individual who never falls ill
b. an organism that dies after 5 days of life but leaves 10 offspring, all of whom survive to reproduce
c. a male who mates with 20 females and fathers 1 offspring
d. an organism that lives 100 years and leaves 2 offsprings, both of whom survive to reproduce
e. a female who mates with 20 males and produces 1 offspring
Q2. which of the following statements is NOT part of Charles Darwins concept of natural selection?
a. slight inheritable variations within a population may make an individual significantly more or less likely to survive in its environment, and thus to reproduce.
b. every organism has the potential to produce more offspring than the local environment can support.
c. characteristics of organisms are inherited as genes on chromosomes
d. better adapted members of a species will survive and reproduce more successfully
e. most individuals in a species do not survive to reproduce.
a. a reproductively sterile individual who never falls ill
b. an organism that dies after 5 days of life but leaves 10 offspring, all of whom survive to reproduce
c. a male who mates with 20 females and fathers 1 offspring
d. an organism that lives 100 years and leaves 2 offsprings, both of whom survive to reproduce
e. a female who mates with 20 males and produces 1 offspring
Q2. which of the following statements is NOT part of Charles Darwins concept of natural selection?
a. slight inheritable variations within a population may make an individual significantly more or less likely to survive in its environment, and thus to reproduce.
b. every organism has the potential to produce more offspring than the local environment can support.
c. characteristics of organisms are inherited as genes on chromosomes
d. better adapted members of a species will survive and reproduce more successfully
e. most individuals in a species do not survive to reproduce.