Danette and Lorene Often Spend Their Saturday Afternoons Confiding in Each

question 23

Multiple Choice

Danette and Lorene often spend their Saturday afternoons confiding in each other about their personal problems and brainstorming how they might resolve difficulties in their other interpersonal relationships. Your best guess would be that Danette and Lorene are:

• A) 7 years old
• B) 10 years old
• C) 13 years old
• D) 16 years old

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Definitions:

Biotic Potential

The peak reproductive potential of a life form when environmental conditions are ideal.

Density-Dependent

Referring to factors whose effects on a population vary depending on the population density.

Population Control

Strategies or policies aimed at regulating the growth rate of a population to ensure sustainability and prevent overuse of resources.

Predation

The biological interaction where one organism, the predator, feeds on another organism, its prey.