Fitness is a measure of:
A. how well adapted an individual is to the requirements imposed by a specific ecological niche
B. the overall health and well-being of a population of animals in a specific habitat
C. how adaptable an animal might be to a new ecological niche
D. how well two different species are able to share the same habitat
A. how well adapted an individual is to the requirements imposed by a specific ecological niche
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The eugenics movement
a. formed the basis for notions of racial equality in Nazi Germany b. was popular throughout the 1970s. c. is a now discredited view of racial purity d. was begun by Charles Darwin e. is supported in biological data
By promoting rural-to-urban migration, industrialization hastened the process of proletarianization, which is
A. the separation of workers from the means of production. B. a form of communism. C. the shift from mills and factories to cottages and farms. D. personal identification with one's own economic group. E. elite domination of the means of communication, schools, and other key institutions.
Which types of primates are at the most risk from predators?
A. semiterrestrial B. arboreal semibrachiators and true brachiators C. arboreal quadrupeds D. vertical clingers and leapers
Cultural adaptation differs from biological adaptation in that the former:
a. Allows humans to respond to problems on a relatively immediate basis. b. Has no relationship to the demands of the natural environment. c. Plays only a small role in human behavioral change. d. Has no connection with human biological differences. e. Does not help human populations reproduce and expand their numbers.