This Graph Represents Three Different Populations

question 33

Multiple Choice

This graph represents three different populations. Use it to answer the following questions.

-Which of the following choices matches this figure?

• A) Dolphins produce only single offspring at a time and provide parental care for many months.
• B) During "mating frenzies," male and female squid aggregate and release hundreds of eggs and sperm into the water column. The fertilized eggs are often quickly preyed on by fish.
• C) The century plant grows for many years and reproduces and releases hundreds of seeds just once before it withers and dies. Because of the dry desert environment in which it lives, many of the seeds do not survive or are eaten.
• D) In some species of lizards and rodents, survivorship is constant over the life span.

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Definitions:

Economic Relations

Pertains to the ways in which economic forces, such as production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, influence social structures and individual interactions.

Base

In Marxist theory, the base refers to the economic foundation of a society, including the means of production and relations of production, which determines the superstructure.

Objectification

involves treating a person as an object or commodity, disregarding their personality or dignity, often seen in the context of sexual objectification.

Material Objects

Physical items or entities that occupy space and can be perceived by the senses.