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Analyse the illustration and answer the following questions.
(a) What happens to finches in A and B categories in terms of survival ?
(b) What will happen to the population of finches that survive ?
(c) How can these changes in survival lead to the formation of new species of finches ?
Analyse the illustration and answer the following questions.
(a) What happens to finches in A and B categories in terms of survival ?
(b) What will happen to the population of finches that survive ?
(c) How can these changes in survival lead to the formation of new species of finches ?
(a) What happens to finches in A and B categories in terms of survival ?
(b) What will happen to the population of finches that survive ?
(c) How can these changes in survival lead to the formation of new species of finches ?
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Natural selection means organisms with useful adaptations survive and reproduce more, gradually leading to evolutionary change and sometimes new species.
Updated On: Apr 2, 2026
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