Besides the Ethical Treatment of Animals, What Is Another Problem

question 28

Multiple Choice

Besides the ethical treatment of animals, what is another problem created by the factory farming of hogs?

• A) toxic hog waste
• B) inflation of food costs
• C) limited transportation options
• D) government intervention

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Definitions:

Fitness Function

A concept used in genetics and evolutionary biology to measure an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.

Directional

Pertaining to or indicating the direction in which something is moving or facing; also refers to evolutionary changes in a population that favor a specific set of traits.

Stabilizing

A type of natural selection that favors the average individuals in a population, thus maintaining the population’s genetic stability over time.

Disruptive

Pertaining to a type of natural selection that favors extreme values of a trait over intermediate values, potentially leading to speciation.