Question

A benefit of parental care is______while a disadvantage is_______A. symbiosis, parasitismB. group behavior, feeding the groupC. increased survival, high cost of time and energyD. incubation of eggs, less young can be raised

Answer 1

As we know in offspring there are two main strategies, one is large offspring and little or null parental care, which leads to a high mortality rate, meanwhile the other is few offspring and high parental care which leads to a high survival rate, both strategies are successful, and depend on the organism characteristics and species. Therefore we can say that the correct answer is option C.