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Chapter 10

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What is life history?
basic pattern of growth, development, and reproduction
In lek species, several male birds gather at a communal courtship area where they compete with males for space. Females then choose who to mate with based on the displays of the males. In this process __________.
females choose mates based on intersexual and intrasexual competition
Which of these was the first of the major events that stimulated an increase in the size of the human population?
the advent of agriculture
What are the 2 categories of tradeoffs?
intrinsic or extrinsic
What are intrinsic factors?
evolutionary history of species, developmental patterns, genetics, physiology
What are extrinsic factors?
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Which of these was the second of the major events that stimulated an increase in the size of the human population?
the Industrial Revolution
Which of these was the third of the major events that stimulated an increase in the size of the human population?
the discovery of vaccines and the discovery of antibiotics
Which factors have permitted the human population to continue increasing despite using nonrenewable resources at an unsustainable rate?
improvements in medical care

expansion of high-density urban areas
The antlers of elk are used to fight with other males to win female mates, these are an example of __________.
intrasexual selection
Which of the following statements about r-strategists is FALSE?
They typically produce large offspring.
The primary strategies that organisms can possess in Grime's model are __________.
ruderal, competitive, and stress tolerant
Animals that are K-strategists tend to be __________.
long-lived, highly competitive, and characterized by stable population sizes
Reproductive success of an organism is best measured by its
number of offspring that survive to reproduce
A trade-off for having many offspring would be
that they would likely be small in size.
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