If Organisms 1, 2, and 3 Belong to the Same

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Multiple Choice

If organisms 1, 2, and 3 belong to the same class but to different orders and if organisms 3, 4, and 5 belong to the same order but to different families, which of the following pairs of organisms would be expected to show the greatest degree of morphological homology?

• A) 1 and 4
• B) 2 and 4
• C) 2 and 3
• D) 4 and 5

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Definitions:

Skewness

A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; indicates how the tail on one side of the distribution compares to the tail on the other side.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean.

Dispersed

Spread out over a wide area; not concentrated in one place.

Grade Distribution

The spread of grades given for a specific academic assessment, typically shown as a frequency distribution.