Since more offspring are produced than an environment can support, organisms within a population must compete for resources to survive.
Due to variations within the population, some competitors will be better equipped for survival than others.
The best-equipped organisms will survive and will produce well-equipped offspring.
Variations that help with survival will be passed on to future generations and will rapidly change the whole population.
Which point is flawed as written above?
point 1
point 2
point 3
point 4
The flawed point is point 4.
Explanation: While it’s true that variations aiding survival can be passed on, the statement suggests that these variations will “rapidly change the whole population.” This implies an unrealistic speed of change; evolutionary changes typically occur over many generations rather than rapidly. Variations that benefit survival may spread, but this process is gradual, not immediate.