Natural selection is the process by which individuals with characteristics that are advantageous for reproduction in a specific environment leave more offspring in the next generation, thereby increasing the proportion of their genes in the population gene pool over time. Natural selection is the principal mechanism of evolutionary change, and is the most important idea in all biology. Natural selection, the unifying concept of life, was first proposed by Charles Darwin, and represents his single greatest contribution to science.
Natural selection occurs in any reproducing population faced with a changing or variable environment. The environment includes not only physical factors such as climate or terrain, but also living factors such as predators, prey, and other members of a population.
Mechanism of Natural Selection
The mechanism of natural selection depends on several phenomena:
• Heredity: Offspring inherit their traits from their parents, in the form of genes.
• Heritable individual variation: Members of a population have slight differences among them, whether in height, eyesight acuity, beak shape, rate of egg production, or other traits that may affect survival and reproduction. If a trait has a genetic basis, it can be passed on to offspring.
• Overproduction of offspring: In any given generation, populations tend to create more progeny than can survive to reproductive age.
• Competition for resources: Because of excess population, individuals must compete for food, nesting sites, mates, or other resources that affect their ability to successfully reproduce.
Given all these factors, natural selection unavoidably occurs. Those members of a population that reproduce the most will, by definition, leave more offspring for the next generation. These offspring inherit their parents' traits, and are therefore also likely to succeed in competition for resources (assuming the environment continues to pose the same challenges as those faced by parents). Over several generations, the proportion of offspring in a population that are descended from the successful ancestor

Uloborid spider eggs and spiderlings. In any given generation, populations tend to create more offspring than can survive to reproductive age.
increases, and traits that made the ancestor successful therefore also increase in frequency. Natural selection leads to adaptation, in which an organism's traits conform to the environment's conditions for existence.
The client with right sided hemiparesis has limited mobility because the mobility of the skin is due to change in position of the skin and the tissues that are underlying it.
The nurse will move each joint through its range of movement which will improve the mobility of the joints. Adequate hydration is also required to maintain the integrity of the skin.
Massage also helps in restoring the circulation of that particular area.
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<em>increased variation in tail feather color because the selection pressure has been relieved</em>
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1.Water evaporates in the presence of sunlight.
(hydrosphere)
2.Volcanoes release a large amount of gases and other matter during eruption.
(lithosphere)
3.Lightning causes nitrogen molecules to be split and carried by rain.
(hydrosphere)
4.Plants release water vapor through their leaves during transpiration.
(biosphere)
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She should investigate how temperature affects the rate of oxygen production.
<h3>Photosynthesis</h3>
During photosynthesis, green plants make use of inorganic products in the form of water and carbon dioxide to synthesize carbohydrates. The reaction only happens in the presence of solar radiation and oxygen is evolved as a by-product.
The process involves a series of chemical reactions. However, the summary of the whole reactions is represented by the following equation:
carbon dioxide + water ----> glucose + oxygen
Thus, if Emily is to find out how temperature affects photosynthesis. She will need to use a plant as a case study. One factor that can easily be used to measure the rate of photosynthesis is oxygen production by plants.
In other words, Emily will have to set up an experiment where a plant species will be subjected to the same environmental conditions, except temperature. Then, a suitable method will be used to measure the amount of oxygen produced. Any difference in the volume of oxygen produced can then be attributed to the effects of temperature.
More on photosynthesis can be found here: brainly.com/question/1388366
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