Which of the following is most consistent with the modern theory of evolution?
Parents pass their physical traits to their offspring; those offspring with traits that help them survive in the environment are able to reproduce. Parents change their physical traits in order to survive in the environment, then those parental traits are passed to their offspring. Life on this planet came from another planet far out in space. Living organisms have not changed for hundreds of millions of years.
Question: Which of the following is most consistent with the modern theory of evolution?
A. Parents pass their physical traits to their offspring; those offspring with traits that help them survive in the environment are able to reproduce.
B. Parents change their physical traits in order to survive in the environment, then those parental traits are passed to their offspring.
C. Life on this planet came from another planet far out in space.
D. Living organisms have not changed for hundreds of millions of years.
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