Question

Long-leaf pines have many adaptations that help them to survive low-intensity brush fires such as thick, flaky bark that peels off in thin sheets and falls away from the tree when it catches fire, keeping the growing part of the tree from burning. Based on what is known about natural selection, what is the most likely explanation for how they developed adaptations such as this?

Answer 1

a. Frequent fires would induce the trees to grow thicker bark for protection, and these new traits were passed to their offspring.
b. The fire caused mutations in the pine seeds that allowed the generation after the fire to survive subsequent fires.
c. Those trees that had genetic differences allowing them to live through the fire survived to reproduce.
d. Trees produced greater quantities of seed after the fires so some of their offspring would survive the next fire.

i thik its c

Answer 2

same as that of ur previous question
survival of the fittest.

Answer 3

it is c

Answer 4

thank u