Refer to the Table and the Figure

question 65

Essay

Refer to the table and the figure.
Table 2
Figure 4
You are studying the long-term effects of plate movement for two land masses, land mass A and land mass B. Your goal is to understand how land mass movement has affected the species found on each land mass. Land mass B joined with land mass A 30 million years ago. Table 2 shows the number of individuals of each species (species A-F) found living on land mass B over time. Figure 4 shows these data plotted.
- Use the data in Table 2 and Figure 4 to answer the following questions:
a) Create a line graph of the species richness of land mass B over time (this will be referred to as Figure 6). The x-axis should be time in mya, ranging from 50-0 mya, and the y-axis should be species richness, ranging from 0-6.
b) What was the overall effect of the joining of land masses A and B on the species richness of land mass B?
c) Describe the similarities and differences in the patterns of change in species richness and composition through time.

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Definitions:

Motor Development

The process of change in physical movement capabilities observed across the lifespan from infancy through adulthood.

Social Functioning

The ability of an individual to interact and perform in a social environment, encompassing both the performance of daily activities and the quality of relationships with others.

Intellectual Functioning

The capacity of an individual to act purposefully, think rationally, and deal effectively with the environment, often measured by intelligence quotient (IQ) tests.

Myelination

The process by which nerve fibers are coated with myelin, a fatty substance that speeds up the transmission of nerve signals.