How Are the Muscle Attachments Optimized in Animals Evolved for Movement

question 9

Multiple Choice

How are the muscle attachments optimized in animals evolved for movement through the soil?

• A) The attachments produce levers that move relatively rapidly.
• B) The attachments produce levers that need to apply large forces for movement.
• C) The attachments produce levers that move relatively slowly, but need to apply only small forces for movement.
• D) The attachments produce levers that move rapidly, but need to apply only small forces for movement.
• E) The attachments produce levers that swing freely.

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Definitions:

Distribution

The way in which something is shared or exists over a particular area or among a particular group of people.

Zero Population Growth

Interval during which the number of births equals the number of deaths.

Carrying Capacity

Maximum number of individuals of a species that a particular environment can sustain; can change over time.

Births

The act or process of giving birth, marking the emergence of a new individual from the mother's body.