With a Fixed Amount of Available Energy, There Is a Trade-Off

question 142

Multiple Choice

With a fixed amount of available energy, there is a trade-off between the number of offspring produced and the energy resources each offspring receives from its mother.Given this constraint, a female animal can produce

• A) many small eggs.
• B) exactly two eggs.
• C) many large eggs.
• D) equal numbers of large and small eggs.
• E) unlimited numbers of eggs.

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