Which of the Following Would Be Considered a Community Stress

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered a community stress?

• A) A beaver population that is causing trees to fall
• B) Acidity in the water that is limiting the reproduction of certain fish species
• C) A fire that destroys half of the trees in an area
• D) Predation by a new predator

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Definitions:

Consequences

The outcomes or effects resulting from a particular action or set of conditions.

Negative Relationship

A relationship between two variables, X and Y, in which a decrease in X is associated with an increase in Y and an increase in X is associated with a decrease in Y.

Positive Relationship

A situation where two variables move in the same direction, meaning as one variable increases, the other variable also increases.

Inverse Relationship

A term used to describe a situation where the increase in one variable leads to the decrease in another, and vice versa.