According to the theory of natural selection, organisms produce:
Correct answer: D. More offspring than the environment can support
- A. Offspring in numbers that match the available resources
- B. Offspring to balance resource consumption
- C. Offspring to increase resource availability
- D. More offspring than the environment can support
Explanation
According to the theory of natural selection, organisms produce more offspring than the environment can support. This overproduction leads to competition for limited resources. Those offspring with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and reproduce, thus propagating favorable traits through generations, driving evolution. This makes option D correct.Option A is incorrect because it suggests that offspring numbers are adjusted to match resources, which contradicts the principle of overproduction intrinsic to natural selection.Option B is incorrect as it implies a resource management goal, which is not a concept in natural selection.Option C is incorrect because it suggests offspring are produced to increase resources, which does not align with the theory of natural selection focusing on survival and adaptation within existing resources.
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