What is the relation between adaptation and natural selection?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Natural selection can increase adaptive traits in a population.
Adaptation refers to a heritable feature that improves an organism’s chances of surviving or reproducing in a particular environment. Natural selection acts on existing variation: organisms with advantageous inherited traits tend to leave more offspring, so those traits may become more common in the population over generations. Thus option A correctly states the relationship. Adaptation is not produced instantly, and selection does not destroy every trait.
Frequently asked questions
What is the correct answer to this question?
Natural selection can increase adaptive traits in a population.
Why is this the correct answer?
Adaptation refers to a heritable feature that improves an organism’s chances of surviving or reproducing in a particular environment. Natural selection acts on existing variation: organisms with advantageous inherited traits tend to leave more offspring, so those traits may become more common in the population over generations. Thus option A correctly states the relationship. Adaptation is not produced instantly, and selection does not destroy every trait.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Science question. Chapter: World of Living. Topic: Heredity and Evolution.
Student feedback
Was this question useful?
👍 0 Helpful 👎 0 Not helpful
Yes 0% No 0%
0 responsesStudent Reviews
No published reviews yet.
