In Close Comparisons, External Fertilization Often Yields More Offspring Than

question 26

Multiple Choice

In close comparisons, external fertilization often yields more offspring than does internal fertilization. However, internal fertilization offers the advantage that

• A) it is the only way to ensure the survival of the species.
• B) it requires less time and energy to be devoted to reproduction.
• C) the smaller number of offspring produced often receive a greater amount of parental investment.
• D) it permits the most rapid population increase.
• E) it requires expression of fewer genes and maximizes genetic stability.

Identify ethnocentric biases and their effects on historical interpretation and academic research.

Understand the definitions and differentiators of key types of data: nominal, ordinal, and interval.

Identify examples of nominal, ordinal, and interval variables in practical contexts.

Distinguish between variables that can be ordered and those that cannot.

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