Question

2. Which statement is incorrect about natural selection? A. A single organism can adapt to a cold environment by growing longer hair B. Over time organisms with longer hair will survive better in cold environments C. Humans are not involved in the natural selection process D. The offspring of each generation will likely be more adapted to the environment​

Answer 1

The incorrect statement about natural selection is that an individual organism can adapt to a cold environment by growing longer hair within its own lifetime, as natural selection acts on populations over generations.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement which is incorrect about natural selection is A. A single organism can adapt to a cold environment by growing longer hair. Natural selection operates on the level of populations over generations, rather than on individual organisms in their own lifetimes. Individuals cannot adapt within their own lifetimes by willingly changing their traits; instead, it is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals with certain heritable traits that lead to changes in the population over time.

As for statement 3, which fosters natural selection, option b would be an example since it highlights differential success in food gathering, which can contribute to survival and reproduction. This variation in a trait that affects fitness, combined with heritability, can lead to natural selection.

Answer 2

A - natural selection takes generation to work.