Asexual Reproduction

question 61

Multiple Choice

Asexual reproduction

• A) occurs in plants but not in animals.
• B) creates genetically diverse individuals.
• C) is an unsuccessful mode of reproduction.
• D) occurs in some animals when they split themselves in two.
• E) has advantages over sexual reproduction when the environment is changing.

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Definitions:

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the values together and dividing by the number of values.

Number of Successes

This term refers to the count of times an outcome of interest occurs in a statistical experiment.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used in hypothesis testing and estimation.