A non random influence affecting who survives or reproduces
is selective pressure. A selective pressure is considered to be a phenomenon in
which behaviors of the living organisms are being driven to evolution and the
natural selection in which they are also divided in to two types.
Deductive reasoning, which is a type of reasoning where a general fact is broken down into a more specific case to make an inference. This general fact can be a broad branch of knowledge then gets into its parts that may comprise this broad knowledge. I hope this helped.
The law of segregation is the Mendel’s laws or principles
explain that traits are passed from parents to offspring individually instead
of as pairs, groups or sets. So the correct option is option “C” as far as the
given question is concerned. This is a law or principle which states that
during the formation of gametes, two copies of each heredity factors separate
out so that the new offspring can get one factor of both the parents. This law
was the first law in this direction.
I would say that B) single events or several causes working together to produce extinction in a short period is referred to as mass extinction, but I am not 100% sure.