Natural Selection Involves Energetic Trade- Offs Between Which of the Following

Multiple Choice

Natural selection involves energetic trade- offs between which of the following?

A) increasing the number of individuals produced during each reproductive episode and a corresponding decrease in parental care
B) choosing how many offspring to produce over the course of a lifetime and how long to live
C) producing large numbers of gametes when employing internal fertilization versus fewer numbers of gametes when employing external fertilization
D) high survival rates of offspring and the cost of parental care
E) the emigration of individuals when they are no longer reproductively capable or committing suicide