1. How can humans selectively breed a vegetable to produce a more desirable crop?
2. What is natural selection?
3. Explain how natural selection allows beetles that are camouflaged to flourish in their environment?
1. Humans can selectively breed a vegetable to produce a more desirable crop by cross-pollinating plants with desirable traits, such as disease resistance, size, shape, and color. This process is known as selective breeding.
2. Natural selection is the process by which organisms that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than those that are less adapted. This process leads to the evolution of species over time.
3. Natural selection allows beetles that are camouflaged to flourish in their environment because they are less likely to be seen by predators. Camouflaged beetles are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing on their genes to the next generation. Over time, this process leads to the evolution of more and more camouflaged beetles in the population.