Which Statement About Size-Number Trade-Offs is True

Question

Which statement about size-number trade-offs is true?
A) Size-number trade-offs are rarely, if ever, seen in organisms that lack parental care.
B) Size-number trade-offs are seen in animals, but rarely in plants.
C) Size-number trade-offs are rarely observed when comparing different animal species that have parental care.
D) Size-number trade-offs can result in different average egg or offspring sizes for different populations of a species evolving under different predation or climatic regimes.

Accepted Answer

Size-number trade-offs occur when organisms allocate resources between producing many small offspring or fewer large ones. This trade-off can lead to variations in offspring size across populations adapting to different environmental pressures like predation or climate.