The Relationship Between the Longevity of an Animal's Life and Its

question 735

Multiple Choice

The relationship between the longevity of an animal's life and its gestation time is 0.70. If an animal
Is one standard deviation below average in life expectancy, the gestation time is predicted to be
__?__ below average.

• A) 0.49 SD
• B) none of these
• C) 1.4 SD
• D) 0.7 SD
• E) 1 SD

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Definitions:

Mammalian

Pertaining to mammals, a class of warm-blooded animals characterized by the presence of mammary glands, which females use to feed their young.

Vertebrates

Animals with a backbone or spinal column, which includes fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Hemoglobin

A protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues of the body and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs.

Antibodies

Proteins produced by the immune system that recognize and bind to specific foreign substances called antigens to neutralize or destroy them.