Numerical Values That Appear in the Mathematical Relationships of a Model

question 57

Multiple Choice

Numerical values that appear in the mathematical relationships of a model and are considered known and remain constant over all trials of a simulation are

• A) parameters.
• B) probabilistic input.
• C) controllable input.
• D) events.

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Definitions:

Geological Events

Natural occurrences like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or plate movements that shape the earth's surface and environment.

Morphological Transition

A process involving a significant change in the structure or form of an organism or part of an organism usually due to genetic mutation or environmental pressures.

Anagenesis

Refers to wholesale transformation of a lineage from one form to another. In macroevolutionary studies, anagenesis is considered to be an alternative to lineage splitting or speciation.

Lineage

Lineage refers to a chain of ancestors and their descendants. A lineage may be the successive generations of organisms in a single population, the members of an entire species during an interval of geological time, or a group of related species descending from a common ancestor.