Question

Which of the following is an observation made by Darwin that supports his theory of natural selection? A. All organisms that are born survive. B. More organisms are born than can survive. C. Insects produce many offspring but produce few eggs. D. Insects never produce offspring.

Answer 1

What supports natural selection is that more organisms are born that survive: so that only the fittest would survive. The natural selection then selects the strongest individuals to surive and procreate.

Answer 2

Correct answer: B). More organisms are born than can survive

The Darwin theory of natural selection states that living things with beneficial traits give more offspring than others. This causes a change in the traits of living organism over time.

More individuals are produced in each generation that can survive, there is a phenotypic variation among the population and it is inheritable. Those individuals that are better suited to the environment can survive and are able to produce offspring.

Hence, the correct answer would be option B.