Each Group of Sentences Below Could Be Organized into and Written

question 7

Multiple Choice

Each group of sentences below could be organized into and written as a paragraph. In each group, select the letter of the topic sentence. Which sentence is the topic sentence?

• A) The insect begins life as an egg.
• B) The fully developed larva, or caterpillar, spins a cocoon and forms a pupa inside it.
• C) There are four stages in the metamorphosis of certain insects.
• D) Once hatched, the wormlike larva grows, shedding its skin several times.
• E) At last the winged adult emerges, looking completely different from all its previous forms.

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Definitions:

Infinite Number

A quantity without bound or end, often used in mathematics to describe sizes or quantities larger than any natural number.

Mathematical Formula

A concise way of expressing information symbolically or a rule for calculating numerical values based on certain mathematical operations.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; a high standard deviation indicates greater variability.

Standard Normal Distribution

A normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, used in z-score calculations to determine probabilities.