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question 45

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure shown.
If all of the panels in the figure represent data from one treatment, this treatment was most likely

• A) fasting.
• B) fasting and ingestion of a high-carbohydrate meal.
• C) fasting and ingestion of a high-protein meal.
• D) fasting and ingestion of a high-fat meal.

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Definitions:

Adaptive Radiation

The diversified evolution of a group of organisms into forms filling different ecological niches.

Parasite

An organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food at the expense of its host, often causing harm.

Mass Extinction

A relatively rapid and widespread decrease in the biodiversity on Earth, marked by the significant loss of species in a short period of geological time.

Adaptive Radiation

The process by which organisms diversify rapidly into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available or opens new environmental niches.