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#Question id: 3429

Which of the following is a behavioral pattern that results from a proximate cause?

#XL - T Zoology

  1. A cat kills a mouse to obtain food.

  2. A male sheep fights with another male because it helps it to improve its social position and find a mate.

  3. A female bird lays its eggs because the amount of daylight is decreasing slightly each day.

  4. A goose squats and freezes motionless because that behavior helps it to escape a predator.

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#Question id: 4584

#XL - S Microbiology

When Cuvier considered the fossils found in the vicinity of Paris, he concluded that the extinction of species ________.
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#Question id: 4585

#XL - S Microbiology

The cow Bos primigenius (which is bred for meat and milk) has a smaller brain and larger eyes than closely related wild species of ungulates. These traits most likely arose by ________.
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#Question id: 4586

#XL - S Microbiology

 What are adaptations?
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#Question id: 4587

#XL - S Microbiology

Which one of the following statements best defines artificial selection?
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#Question id: 4588

#XL - S Microbiology

 Which statement illustrates the connection between natural selection and overreproduction of a population?
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#Question id: 4589

#XL - S Microbiology

Darwin used the phrase "descent with modification" to explain ________.