Question

Ronald observes a sparrow's nest in a shrub outside his home. The table below describes his findings.

Week
Observations
1
Six eggs were laid in the nest.
3
Five eggs hatched, and one egg did not hatch.
One of the chicks disappeared.
7
Three of the chicks learned to fly, and another one disappeared.
What part of natural selection did Ronald observe?
adaptation
overproduction
selection
variation

Answer 1

B. Overproduction

Step-by-step explanation:

Overproduction is one of the main part of natural selection whereby an organism reproduces more offspring, of which only a few would be able to survive given the environmental condition amd factors that would be against the survival of the offspring to maturity.

From Ronald observation, we can see that the bird produces more eggs than would survive. Only 3 of the chicks survived.