A Specific Location Within the Area Where an Animal Lives

question 55

Multiple Choice

A specific location within the area where an animal lives and typically contains more favourable abiotic conditions than other locations in the area is a

• A) microhabitat.
• B) torpor.
• C) acclimation.
• D) climate.

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Definitions:

Fertilization

The union of male and female gametes to form a zygote, initiating the development of a new individual organism.

Temporal Isolation

A mechanism that prevents species from mating because they are active at different times of the day, year, or mating seasons.

Behavioral Isolation

A form of reproductive isolation in which two populations develop differences in mating rituals or behaviors that prevent them from breeding with each other.

Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms

The reproductive barriers that prevent a species from interbreeding with another species; as a result, each species’ gene pool is isolated from those of other species. See prezygotic barrier and postzygotic barrier.