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#Question id: 4633

Natural selection is based on all of the following except

#Section 2: Evolution

individuals adapt to their environments and, thereby, evolve.
the best-adapted individuals tend to leave the most offspring.
individuals who survive longer tend to leave more offspring than those who die young.
populations tend to produce more individuals than the environment can support.

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#Question id: 12293

#Section 1: Ecology

_______________ features of the environment determine the abundance and distribution of living things.

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#Question id: 12294

#Section 1: Ecology

A ________________ survivorship curve shows a constant rate of survivorship throughout life.

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#Question id: 12295

#Section 1: Ecology

Which of these equations would give the growth rate of a population?

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#Question id: 12296

#Section 1: Ecology

When calculating population growth rate, the symbol r refers to ________________.

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#Question id: 12297

#Section 1: Ecology

___________ is the pattern of individuals of a population scattered throughout habitat space.

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#Question id: 12298

#Section 1: Ecology

The number of offspring an individual produces over its lifetime is _______________.