module 3

Question 1

what is a trade-off?

Answer 1

make decisions for the benefit of one thing and the expense of another thing
-occur on a daily basic and manifest themselves overtime
-if an individual spends time/energy satisfying one resource need, that time/energy is unavailable for satisfying other needs

Question 2

what is the simple energy model for animals?

Answer 2

-Eintake= the total energy an individual ingests
-Erespiration= total energy devoted to getting oxygen into the cells and body
-Eassimilation= total energy converted to living tissues in the organism
-Ereproduction= total energy for reproduction
-Ewaste= total energy lost in waste, heat or insufficiency

Question 3

what is the principle of allocation? what is fitness?

Answer 3

fitness= theory of natural selection is that individuals will possess traits (physical, physiological, behavioral) that is fitness optimizing (increases survival rate)
-biggest allocation of energy is reproduction vs survival