A Relative Ranking System Is Used When

question 4

Multiple Choice

A relative ranking system is used when

• A)students receive an A if they got 93% of the total points in a semester.
• B)students receive weighted grades during a semester,like: 20 of 25 points on a quiz worth 5% of the grade,and 10 of 15 on a quiz worth 3% of the grade.
• C)a college implements a system where 10% of the class will receive A,20% will receive B,70% will receive C,20% will receive D and 10% will receive F.
• D)a student must take all quizzes to receive a C,a student must take all quizzes and write a paper to receive a B,and a student must take all quizzes,write a paper and do a presentation to receive an A.

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Definitions:

Ecological Efficiency

The efficiency with which energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in a food chain.

Trophic Level

The position that an organism occupies in a food chain, defined by how it gains its energy, usually ranging from producers to apex predators.

Energy

The capacity to do work or produce change, existing in various forms such as kinetic, potential, and thermal.

Producers

Organisms in an ecosystem that produce biomass from inorganic compounds, typically through photosynthesis.