"the evolutionary mechanism in which organisms best adapted to their enviornment produce more offspring than less adapted individuals is called"

The correct answer is Natural selection .

The man who brought about this theory is Charles Darwin, in the year 1859. He explained natural selection to be the principle by which specific minute variation of a trait is well-preserved if it is useful.

producers: apple trees, potatoes, carrots, grains, acorns, cabbage, grass, corn, lettuce

consumers: deer, mice, rabbits, chickens, squirrels, horses, worms, cows

predators: eagles, frogs, wolves, owls

c. live where it’s cold and icy