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#Question id: 11982

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

#Section 1: Ecology
  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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TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 10829

#Section 2: Evolution

A lake rich in nutrients and species is classified as
TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 10826

#Section 1: Ecology

Gause's principle of competitive exclusion is, essentially,
TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 11928

#Section 2: Evolution

In most species, deviations from equal proportions of males and females in a sexually-reproducing population will confer an advantage to genotypes that: 
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#Question id: 10898

#Section 2: Evolution

Living in groups, such as the herds of bison that once inhabited the prairie, may evolve because of
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#Question id: 10643

#Section 2: Evolution

Population of ground squirrels has an annual per capita birth rate of 0.06 and an annual per capita death rate of 0.02) Estimate the number of individuals added to (or lost from) a population of 1,000 individuals in one year.