Multiple Choice
The figure shows plant growth responses to variation in availability of water. If this is an example of adaptive phenotypic plasticity, how would we expect the root-to-shoot ratio to be related to fitness? 
A) When water is scarce, plants with high root-to-shoot ratios have higher fitness.
B) When water is scarce, plants with low root-to-shoot ratios have higher fitness.
C) In all environments, plants with high root-to-shoot ratios have higher fitness.
D) In all environments, plants with low root-to-shoot ratios have higher fitness.
Correct Answer:
Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q55: What is an example of how jewelweed
Q56: Torpor is beneficial to animals because it<br>A)
Q57: Refer to the figure to answer this
Q58: When the protist Euplotes detects predators, it
Q59: Use the concept of phenotypic trade-offs to
Q60: An ecologist is studying the relationship
Q61: If a goldfish is acclimated at 25°C,
Q63: Based on the figure, describe the phenotypic
Q64: This figure shows the tail shape developed
Q65: What is the risk to a species