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#Question id: 4634

Which of the following represents an idea that Darwin learned from the writings of Thomas Malthus?

#Section 2: Evolution

  1. All species are fixed in the form in which they are created.

  2. Populations tend to increase at a faster rate than their food supply normally allows.

  3. Earth changed over the years through a series of catastrophic upheavals.

  4. The environment is responsible for natural selection.

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#Question id: 12959

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

Ozone layer depletion, since the 1970s, is primarily
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#Question id: 12143

#Section 2: Evolution

The __________ states that two species cannot coexist indefinitely when the same resource limits both species. 
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#Question id: 4636

#Section 2: Evolution

Given a population that contains genetic variation, what is the correct sequence of the following events, under the influence of natural selection?

1. Well-adapted individuals leave more offspring than do poorly adapted individuals.

2. A change occurs in the environment.

3. Genetic frequencies within the population change.

4. Poorly adapted individuals have decreased survivorship.
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#Question id: 10854

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following is an example of a hemiparasite?
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#Question id: 11357

#Section 1: Ecology

In the Lotka-Volterra population models for predator and prey, what is the consequence of an increased birth rate of prey?