Animal reproductive strats definition

Question 1

Animal reproductive strategies

Answer 1

A set of behavioral, morphological and physiological adaptations that facilitate access to potential mates, improve the chance of mating and fertilisation, and enhance offspring survival as well as being energy efficient, they aim to maximize reproductive success in different environments.

Question 2

Cloaca

Answer 2

a posterior orifice that serves as the only opening of digestive reproductive and urinary tracts of many vertebrates

Question 3

Parental care

Answer 3

any energy, effort or resource that a parent provides to increase the offspring’s chance of survival/ reaching sexual maturity