A Coral Is a Type of ______That Secretes ______To Form

question 107

Multiple Choice

A coral is a type of ______that secretes ______to form a hard external skeleton.

• A)polyp; calcium carbonate
• B)algae; silica
• C)algae; calcium carbonate
• D)polyp; silica

Understand the concepts of mean, median, standard deviation, and range in data sets.

Calculate the mean and standard deviation from given data.

Apply the Empirical Rule to mound-shaped distributions to determine the percentage of data within one, two, or three standard deviations from the mean.

Use Tchebysheff's Theorem for any shaped distribution to estimate the proportion of observations within a certain number of standard deviations from the mean.

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Definitions:

Pollen Grains

Microscopic particles produced by the male structures of seed plants, responsible for carrying the male gametes to the female structure for fertilization.

Ovary

(1) In animals, one of the paired female gonads responsible for producing eggs and sex hormones. (2) In flowering plants, the base of the carpel that contains ovules; ovaries develop into fruits after fertilization.

Pistil

The female reproductive part of a flower, consisting of the ovary, style, and stigma.

Ovules

Ovules are the structures in seed plants that develop into seeds after fertilization.