Question

Based on this activity which of these definitions best explains the phrase "survival of the fittest"?

a. only the strongest organisms of a species survive
b. only the surviving and reproducing organisms of a species survive
c. only the most attractive organisms of a species survive
d. only the organisms with dominant alleles of a species survive

Answer 1

A because it is most true

It is not B because that is not fully true, because you have to take into account, the factor of disease

It is not C because attractiveness does not equal survival and it does not fit the "survival of the FITTEST" motto

It is not D because that is not true, animals and plants with recessive alleles do survive, they are simply rare