Question

You love to cut your grass and hate to have dandelions growing in your yard. You buy a new house and notice that the old owners took poor care of their yard. There are a lot of tall dandelions in the yard. You cut the grass every week to get rid of the tall dandelions. After a few weeks you notice the dandelions now produce a flower that is closer to the ground than before
This height of the dandelion flower in this scenario is:
A. an example of natural selection
B. not an example of natural selection
C. can not determined based on information given

Answer 1

Answer: option A) an example of natural selection

Explanation:

Natural selection ensures that only traits that makes an organism better fitted to environmental pressures emerge, while others are eliminated.

Thus, the height of the dandelion flower in this scenario is an example of natural selection because:

- being closer to the ground makes the dandelion structurally adapted to thrive, despite the house owner weekly practice of cutting grasses bearing tall dandelions