Animals can help plants reproduce in a variety of ways. Which behavior can end up being more harmful than helpful? (1 point)
• Iguanas and tortoises eat leaves, fruits, and flowers, relying on each as important seasonal food
sources.
• Insects like bees and butterflies drink nectar, carrying pollen from one flower to another.
• Hummingbirds drink the nectar of flowers, and they will defend their territory in order to secure their food supply.
• Birds eat berries and seeds, dispersing the seeds in their droppings as they fly.
Iguanas and tortoises eating leaves, fruits, and flowers can end up being more harmful than helpful, as it can significantly reduce the plant population and limit its ability to reproduce.
What is the difference between courtship behavior and territorial behavior? (1 point)
• Territorial behavior is the animal of the same kind, but of the opposite sex. Courtship behavior is the production of offspring.
• Territorial behavior is used to attract a mate, and courtship behavior is used to protect an area in which an animal lives.
• Courtship behavior is used to attract a mate, and territorial behavior is used to protect an area in which an animal lives.
• Courtship behavior is the animal of the same kind, but of the opposite sex. Territorial behavior is the production of offspring
Courtship behavior is used to attract a mate, while territorial behavior is used to protect an area in which an animal lives.
Coevolution can be seen between some plants and animals, like the yucca plant and the yucca moth. The flowers are shaped specifically so that only the tiny moth can pollinate them.
If the yucca moth goes extinct due to climate change or other human-generated factors, what would be the likely outcome for the уисса plant?
(1 point)
• The yucca plant would also go extinct.
• Humans would have to engineer a way to pollinate the plant.
• A new animal would evolve or adapt to take over the job of the yucca moth.
• The yucca plant would evolve a new way to be pollinated.
If the yucca moth goes extinct, the likely outcome for the yucca plant would be that a new animal would evolve or adapt to take over the job of pollinating the plant.
Scientists often rely on ? as evidence when looking at an animal's reproductive success. (1 point)
• inferences
• conclusions
• data
• reasoning
Scientists often rely on data as evidence when looking at an animal's reproductive success.
A student is analyzing data that compare the change in the total number of wading bird nests in the Everglades to the change in rainfall. Wading birds feed primarily on fish. Fewer nests were observed in dry years than wet years.
What is a reasonable inference about the relationship between wading bird reproductive success and water depth in the Everglades?
(1 point)
• Water depth does not affect wading birds' access to food but does affect wading birds' reproductive success.
• Water depth likely affects wading birds' access to food, but this does not affect wading birds' reproductive success.
• Water depth does not affect wading birds' access to food and thus does not affect wading birds'
reproductive success.
• Water depth likely affects wading birds' access to food and thus affects wading birds'
reproductive success.
Water depth likely affects wading birds' access to food and thus affects wading birds' reproductive success.
What is a difference between how ants and elephants primarily use grouping for survival? (1 point)
• Ants use grouping for better chance of mating, and elephants use grouping for better access to food
• Elephants use grouping for better chance of mating, and ants use grouping for better access to food.
• Ants use grouping for cooperation, and elephants use grouping for protection of the young.
• Elephants use grouping for cooperation, and ants use grouping for protection of the young.