The Main Result of the Experiments with Two Groups of California

question 7

Multiple Choice

The main result of the experiments with two groups of California garter snakes that varied in habitat and food was

• A)the behavior was determined by the environment (terrestrial versus aquatic).
• B)the behavior was learned; one group learned to like to eat slugs,the other,fish.
• C)the behavior was general; the snakes ate anything that moved.
• D)the behavior was genetic,and hybrids had an intermediate response to the two food extracts.
• E)the behavior was imprinted by whatever they ate when they were first born.

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