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1

The study of the mating rituals of the female and male snapping shrimp is an example of .
2

Because the production of female gametes is energetically costly, female reproduction is generally thought to be limited by ________.
A)access to necessary resources
B)access to male gametes
C)access to breeding habitat
D)temperature extremes
3

When a peahen (female peacock) chooses the peacock with the brightest plumage for her mate, it is an example of intrasexual selection.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4

How do female scorpionflies benefit from the large arthropods offered to them by their mates?
A)The offerings give females a reproductive advantage.
B)The females have a higher rate of egg laying.
C)By eating the arthropods, the females avoid the risk of being eaten by predators.
D)All of the above.
E)Only a and c are correct.
5

Wild radish plants are used to study mate selection in plants because their fruits contain several seeds, which allows the possibility of multiple paternity of offspring, and they reach maturity rapidly.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6

Green woodhoopoes show a great deal of by staying very close to their natal territories.
7

When uncorrelated values of X and Y are graphed the plot forms a _______.
A)straight line with a positive slope
B)straight line with a negative slope
C)circular pattern
D)s-shaped curve
8

When positively correlated values of X and Y are graphed, a linear pattern that slopes to the downward to the right develops.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE





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