"(It) Is Not a Place or a Habitat, or Even

question 18

Multiple Choice

"(It) is not a place or a habitat, or even a time period. It is a statistical composite of the adaptation-relevant properties of ancestral environments encountered by members of ancestral populations, weighted by their frequency and fitness-consequences." What is being referred to here?

• A) The Great Chain of being
• B) The Upper Pleistocene
• C) The stone age
• D) The EEA

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Definitions:

Estuary

A coastal area where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with saltwater from the ocean, creating a unique and biodiverse environment.

Littoral Zone

The part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore, where sunlight penetrates all the way to the sediment allowing aquatic plants to grow.

Limnetic Zone

The open and well-lit area of a freestanding body of freshwater, such as a lake or pond, away from the shore.

Benthic Zone

The environmental zone found at the bottom of water bodies like oceans or lakes, encompassing the surface of the sediment and several layers beneath it.