One Model of Succession Predicts That Different Types of Plants

question 19

Multiple Choice

One model of succession predicts that different types of plants can all colonize an area at the same time and it is chance alone that determines which one arrives first and begins the process of succession. This model is called

• A) the facilitation model.
• B) the tolerance model.
• C) the inhibition model.
• D) an opportunistic model.
• E) the climax model.

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Definitions:

Distribution of Sample Means

Describes the dispersion or spread of the means of multiple samples drawn from the same population, often approximated by a normal distribution.

Sampled Population

The subset of individuals from a larger population used in a statistical study.

Standard Error

A measure of the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by using the standard deviation of the sample means.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a study or used in a statistical sample.