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Question
All organisms produce more young ones. Comment
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Solution
Every living organism has a great potential for reproduction. All organisms produced more young ones than those which can survive up to maturity. In other words, any population tends to increase in geometrical proportion. The sole purpose of organisms is to survive and perpetuate the species.
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