Question

10."Survival of the fittest"is a common espression.How would you explain this expression to help someone understand how natural selection actually functions?(QUESTION WORTH 10 PTS.)

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@bohotness @Ashleyrh1999

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@I_Always_Smiling

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@I_Always_Smiling

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whats the answer?

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ummmmm....where is answer?

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i am here

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whats answer?

Answer 10

i would say to help someone understand what the surivil of the fittest mean how to siruvile and This is not always the case. The individuals that survive are not always the strongest, fastest, or smartest. Therefore, "survival of the fittest" may not be the best way to describe what natural selection really is as it applies to evolution. Darwin did not mean it in these terms when he used it in his book after Herbert first published the phrase. Darwin meant "fittest" to mean the one best suited for the immediate environment. This is the basis of the idea of natural selection.

The individual of the population only needs to have the most favorable traits to survive in the environment. It should follow that individuals who have the favorable adaptations will live long enough to pass down those genes to their offspring. Individuals lacking the favorable traits, in other words the "unfit", will most likely not live long enough to pass down the unfavorable traits and eventually those traits will be bred out of the population. The unfavorable traits may take many generations to decline in numbers and even longer to disappear completely from the gene pool. This is evident in humans with the genes of fatal diseases are still in the gene pool even though they are unfavorable for the survival of the species.

Now that this idea is stuck in our lexicon, is there any way to help others understand the actual meaning of the phrase? Beyond explaining the intended definition of the word "fittest" and the context in which it was said, there is not really much that can be done. A suggested alternative would be to just avoid using the phrase all together when discussing the Theory of Evolution or natural selection.

It is completely acceptable to use the term "survival of the fittest" if the more scientific definition is understood. However, using the phrase casually without knowledge of natural selection or what it really means can be very misleading. Students, especially, who are learning about evolution and natural selection for the very first time should really avoid using the term until a deeper knowledge of the subject has been achieved.

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OMG.please summarize that.my teacher wants a couple of sentences NOT paragraphs.

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The individual of the population only needs to have the most favorable traits to survive in the environment. It should follow that individuals who have the favorable adaptations will live long enough to pass down those genes to their offspring. Individuals lacking the favorable traits, in other words the "unfit", will most likely not live long enough to pass down the unfavorable traits and eventually those traits will be bred out of the population

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still toooooo... many sentences.

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remember Im in high school NOT college.

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The individual of the population only needs to have the most favorable traits to survive in the environment. It should follow that individuals who have the favorable adaptations will live long enough to pass down those genes to their offspring

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maybe summarize it to 2-3 sentences please.

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:d oh i forgot sorry :(

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yeah.I need a 2-3 sentences answer.

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The individual of the population only needs to have the most favorable traits to survive in the environment

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2-3 sentences please.

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It should follow that individuals who have the favorable adaptations will live long enough to pass down those genes to their offspring.

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thats one sentence.not 2-3 sentences.

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Individuals lacking the favorable traits, in other words the "unfit", will most likely not live long enough to pass down the unfavorable traits

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so whats the FULL 2-3 sentences answer?

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The individual of the population only needs to have the most favorable traits to survive in the environment. It should follow that individuals who have the favorable adaptations will live long enough to pass down those genes to their offspring. Individuals lacking the favorable traits, in other words the "unfit", will most likely not live long enough to pass down the unfavorable traits .

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ok.there we go.thats the answer I was lookin for.

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sorry :(

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for wat?

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>.> for taking to long

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its ok.

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:( okay