As a species lives on generation through generation, their inherent attributes change. This, in a very basic sense, is evolution. This happens due to natural variation and selection as the species reproduces and passes on its genes; its blueprints. These genes contain the inherent attributes that allow for the process of evolution: When a species reproduces, the next generation might have slightly different – or even completely different – attributes. This is because the genes can mutate – or the genes might even have been passed on to a different species. Variation can also be increased due to genetic recombination: Different or even completely new gene combinations can arise in sexually reproducing species. And when these inherited differences become either increasingly common or increasingly  read more...

answer by Scowan 9 months ago

Matilda was written by Roald Dahl and published in 1988. It tells the story of a clever, young girl named Matilda Wormwood. She loves to read, but her parents, who pay hardly any attention to her, cannot understand her interest in books, and tell her that she should watch television instead. Matilda visits the library regularly, reading books by many famous authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling. Matilda’s cleverness becomes apparent when she manages to quickly answer a maths problem that Mr Wormwood gives her brother. After she answers, Mr Wormwood tells her that she cheated. After that, Matilda begins to play a series of tricks on Mr Wormwood, including placing superglue in his hat, scaring him when he rips up a book she is reading and tricking him into using peroxide  read more...

answer by Louise_gorman 10 months ago