The features and habits of animals and plants that help them to adapt to their surroundings is due to the process of ________________________________.

Adaptation

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Rejuvenation

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Evolution

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Camouflage

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Solution

The correct option is C
Evolution

Evolution is the process in which animals and plants slowly change over time. Their features and habits change which usually helps them adapt to the surroundings. It is a slow process taking hundreds to millions of years.

This is unlike changes due to adaptation which occur during the animal’s lifetime itself. The changes which occur due to adaptation however take a long time to evolve in the species.

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