Imagine You Are Studying Horns in Male Deer, and You

question 41

Essay

Imagine you are studying horns in male deer, and you hypothesize that horns are costly honest signals that help to prevent male fights. What three predictions should you use to test your hypothesis?

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Definitions:

Covalent Bonds

A chemical bond formed by the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.

Electronegativity

A measure of the ability of an atom in a chemical compound to attract electrons towards itself.

Polarity

A property of molecules with unequal distribution of charges, resulting in molecules having positive and negative ends.

Valence Bond Theory

A theory that explains how electron pairs between atoms form chemical bonds, focusing on electron sharing to achieve noble gas configuration.