Question

A single female frog can lay as many as 10,000 eggs in a breeding season, each egg carrying a unique combination of genes from its parents. Of these, all but a few are eaten or otherwise killed before reaching adulthood. How might laying so many eggs affect the long-term survival of the frogs should the environment change?

Answer 1

With so many genetic combinations, it is likely that a few individuals would have traits that would help them survive the changed environment

Answer 2

Presence of adaptive genetic variations in some of the eggs might help them to survive the changed conditions and thereby ensure the continuity of the species of frog.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since each of the egg is genetically different from other egg, it is possible that some of the eggs would have adaptive genetics features that might help them to withstand the changes in the environment. These eggs with adaptive traits would be able to give rise to larva which gradually develops into adult frogs.