Select the Scenarios That Describe Diversifying Selection

question 41

Multiple Choice

Select the scenarios that describe diversifying selection.Select the TWO answers that are correct.

• A) In a species of butterfly,both the white- and black-winged adults are toxic to predators,but the gray-winged butterflies are not.
• B) As the tree bark darkened during industrial times,the bodies of the butterflies in the forest areas also darkened.
• C) The larger female insect lays more eggs,but the smaller female insect lives longer.
• D) In robins,laying too few eggs lowers viability of young and too many eggs leads to inability to provide sufficiently for young.
• E) In a patchy underwater habitat,light-colored oysters blend into the rocks and dark-colored oysters blend into the shadows.

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Definitions:

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Classical Conditioning

A process of education where two stimuli are persistently paired together; a reaction initially brought about by the second stimulus is eventually brought about by the first stimulus alone.

Tone

In psychology, often refers to the general attitude or underlying emotional quality of a communication or environment.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for a response that has been conditioned to one stimulus to be elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.