Q: The change in the characteristics of living things over time is known as _________


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Evolution is a change in the characteristics of living things over time. Evolution occurs by a process called natural selection. In natural selection, some living things produce more offspring than others, so they pass more genes to the next generation than others do. Over many generations, this can lead to major changes in the characteristics of living things. Evolution explains how living things are changing today and how modern living things have descended from ancient life forms that no longer exist on Earth.

 Choices:

- spontaneous mutation

- variation

- generation

- evolution


A:
evolution