Which of the following would represent a clumped population dispersion pattern

Which of the following would represent a clumped population dispersion pattern?
A) a forest of pine trees
B) oaks planted on city streets
C) a pod of 40 migrating grey whales
D) eagles nesting in the Fraser River Canyon
E) earthworms in the soil of a garden

A coyote, which can alter its food intake to match seasonal abundance of plants, fruits, or small animals, is considered to be ________.
A) a generalist, able to be flexible
B) a specialist, able to specialize on whatever is available at the time
C) a local species, able to be flexible
D) density independent and resource neutral
E) an organism with a type II survivorship curve


The fossil record clearly shows that ________.
A) several different species can hybridize to produce a single new species
B) large complex organisms evolved long before simple organisms
C) nearly all species that have existed in the past still exist today
D) all species evolve from pre-existing species
E) new species appear suddenly and fully differentiated, without an ancestral species