Suppose That Individuals of a Particular Strain of the Fruit

question 25

Multiple Choice

Suppose that individuals of a particular strain of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, reproduces rapidly and uses up its food supply quickly, resulting in a population explosion and rapid die-off within its laboratory container. This phenomenon can be considered evidence that

• A) nature requires a balance that must be maintained.
• B) all species are interconnected and interact with each other.
• C) all species are dependent on the non-living environment.
• D) a change in one aspect of a life cycle can alter other parts.

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Definitions:

T Distribution

A probability distribution that is used in statistics to estimate population parameters when the sample size is small and the population variance is unknown.

Two-sided Test

A statistical test where the region of rejection is on both sides of the sampling distribution, used to determine if there's a significant difference from a specific value.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or variables that are free to vary in a statistical analysis, critical for determining the significance of test results.

One-sample T Statistic

A statistical measure used to test whether the mean of a single sample differs significantly from a known or hypothesized population mean.