Answer:
I have paired together the matching misconceptions and the explanations down below (please note that it is in the order misconception followed by explanation).
Step-by-step explanation:
- Biological evolution explains the origin of life.
- Biological evolution did not begin until life existed.
- Evolution occurs in order to help a species survive.
- Evolution does not have a plan. New adaptations arise by mutations, which occur randomly.
- Individuals can evolve.
- Mechanisms of evolution may act on Individuals (or even on genes), but by definition evolution always occurs at the level of the population.
- Beneficial traits acquired during an individual's life are passed to the next generation.
- Acquired characteristics are not typically inherited.
- All members of a population develop new traits simultaneously .
- If an adaptation were to arise, then it would originate in a single individual, not in the entire population. The new trait would then be subject to natural selection.
- Evolution and natural selection are the same thing.
- Natural selection is one mechanism of evolution. Mutation, genetic drift, migration, and nonrandom mating are other mechanisms of evolution.
- Evolution only happens when conditions change dramatically.
- Minor changes in the environment may be sufficient to trigger selection for different traits.
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