Many Behaviors Result from Interactions with the Environment

question 15

Multiple Choice

Many behaviors result from interactions with the environment. Which of the following ultimately modifies all behaviors?

• A) hormones
• B) evolution
• C) pheromones
• D) the nervous system

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Definitions:

Ecological Opportunities

Situations where organisms can exploit new resources or niches, often leading to adaptive evolution or speciation.

Ancestral Organism

The original form from which a species or group of species evolved.

Macroevolution

Large-scale evolutionary changes that occur over geologic time, leading to the emergence of new species and broader taxonomic groups.

Microevolution

Change in the genetic makeup of a species or a small group of organisms over a brief time period, regarded as evolutionary.