Which of the Following Describes a Type II Survivorship Curve

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes a Type II survivorship curve?

• A) flat at the start, reflecting low death rates during early and middle life, then dropping steeply as death rates increase among older age groups
• B) dropping sharply at the start, reflecting very high death rates for the young, then flattening out as death rates decline for those few that survive
• C) a constant death rate over the organism's life span
• D) flat at the start, reflecting low death rates during early and middle life, then rising steeply as death rates decrease among older age groups

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