Question

match each evolutionary process to the most appropriate description of its role in evolutionary change. drag each item on the left to its matching item on the right. mutation adaptation natural selection describes the overall process that produces a good match between organisms and their environment acts to make the most adaptive traits that already exist in the population more common can produce completely new adaptive traits

Explanation:

• Mutation: Mutation is a change in the DNA sequence, and it can introduce completely new genetic variations, which can lead to new adaptive traits. So it matches "can produce completely new adaptive traits".
• Adaptation: Adaptation refers to the process by which organisms become better suited to their environment, so it describes the overall process that produces a good match between organisms and their environment.
• Natural Selection: Natural selection is the process where organisms with more adaptive traits (that already exist in the population) are more likely to survive and reproduce, thus making those traits more common in the population. So it matches "acts to make the most adaptive traits that already exist in the population more common".

Answer:

• mutation: can produce completely new adaptive traits
• adaptation: describes the overall process that produces a good match between organisms and their environment
• natural selection: acts to make the most adaptive traits that already exist in the population more common