What is the answer each questions and please explain why the wrong answer is incorrect.
Where do the "new" traits that natural selection favors come from?
A. Natural selection acts on existing genetic variation.
B. New genes are created in response to environmental needs
Which of these is NOT needed for evolution by natural selection to occur?
A. Genetic variation in the population
B. Individuals being able to change their inherited traits
C. Differential reproductive success
D. Later generations having different gene frequencies than their ancestors
Correct each of the following statements and explain why each is incorrect:
A. Evolutionary theory offers explanations about the origins of life.
B. Evolution is just a theory to explain the diversity of life on Earth.