Question

why would an individual waste energy on a process it doesn't need to stay alive?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

✔️Reproductive process is not essential for an individual but it is very necessary for the continuinity of the species

It performs following functions

⭐ In the process of reproduction one generation of living organisms produces next generation that is parents produce offsprings like themselves

⭐ it is also a means of increasing the population of the species

⭐ it plays an important role in evolution by transmitting favourable variation from parents to offspring

Answer 2

Hello!!

(i) In the process of reproduction one generation of living organisms produces the next generation i.e., parents produce offspring like themselves.

ii) Reproduction plays an important role in evolution by transmitting

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