The Number of Species in a Community Can Depend On

question 79

Multiple Choice

The number of species in a community can depend on:

• A) the geological history of the region.
• B) the productivity of the ecosystem.
• C) the abundance of ecological niches.
• D) the stability of the ecosystem.
• E) All of these choices are correct

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Definitions:

Skewed Distribution

A representation of data that is not symmetric and has a majority of its values located on one side of the mean, leading to a tail that extends in one direction (either left or right).

Mode

The most common number found in a set of data.

Distribution of Scores

A description of the spread of values within a set of data, often visualized with graphs such as histograms.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, typically the mean, median, or mode.