When Extreme Contest Competition Occurs Within a Population

question 13

Multiple Choice

When extreme contest competition occurs within a population,

• A)all individuals receive insufficient resources for survival and reproduction.
• B)local extinction may occur.
• C)only a portion of the population suffers.
• D)the growth rate of the population increases.

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Definitions:

Placenta

An organ that develops in the uterus during pregnancy, providing oxygen and nutrients to growing babies while removing waste products from the baby’s blood.

Chorion

A membrane that surrounds the amnion and becomes the fetal component of the placenta.

Epigenesis

The process by which a new phenotypic form emerges through the interactions of the preceding form and its current environment.

Zygote

The earliest developmental stage of an embryo, formed when a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell, which then begins to divide and grow.