Many Species of Field Mice Are Able to Reproduce Several

question 22

Multiple Choice

Many species of field mice are able to reproduce several times a year and produce litters with multiple offspring. However, an ecologist noted that the population size of mice, as measured in a California grassland, did not change from year to year. The factors that keep natural populations from increasing are collectively called

• A) nonliving factors.
• B) exponential growth.
• C) scramble competition.
• D) biotic potential.
• E) environmental resistance.

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Definitions:

Reusability

In object-oriented analysis, the ability to reuse existing classes from one project for another project.

Inheritance

A feature of object-oriented programming languages where a class can derive properties and methods from another class.

Method

The process of how a program converts inputs into the correct outputs.

MUMPS Language

A high-level programming language used primarily in the healthcare industry for database and information processing.