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#Question id: 12576


Estimates of current rates of extinction

#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution
  1. Indicate that we  have reached a  state of  stable equilibrium  in  which  speciation and extinction rates are approximately equal.
  2. Suggest that one-half of all animal and plant species may be gone by the year 2100.
  3. Indicate that rates may be greater than the mass extinctions at the close of the Cretaceous period. 
  4. Indicate that only 1% of all of the species that have ever lived on Earth are still alive.
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#Question id: 11054

#Section 2: Evolution

In red grouse populations on the grasslands, many males do not acquire territories. Which of the following is least likely to be a valid hypothesis about these male grouse?

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#Question id: 11055

#Section 2: Evolution

Poison arrow frogs have brightly coloured skin patterns of blue, orange, yellow and red. This skin adornment is an example of what kind of defense against predation?

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#Question id: 11056

#Section 2: Evolution

The "dead-leaf" butterfly is aptly named. This is an example of what kind of defense against predation?

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#Question id: 11057

#Section 2: Evolution

Bombardier beetles release an explosive mixture of quinones and hydrogen peroxide from glands at the end of their abdomen when disturbed by grasshopper mice and other predators. This is an example of what kind of defense against predation?

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#Question id: 11058

#Section 2: Evolution

The pufferfish, a common marine fish, has extensive spines that extend outward when it swallows water, becoming several times its normal size. This is an example of what kind of defense against predation?

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#Question id: 11169

#Section 2: Evolution

The viceroy butterfly (limenitis archippus) resembles the queen butterfly (danaus gilippus), a species toxic to birds because of alkaloids it stores during larval development from the milkweeds it feeds upon. The viceroy butterfly is an example of what kind of defense against predation?