How Do Plants Cope with the Considerable Variation in Their

question 31

Multiple Choice

How do plants cope with the considerable variation in their environment?

• A)Plants continually grow and take in cues from their environment,which alter their growth patterns in specific directions.
• B)Plants have reproductive meristems that allow them to reproduce in response to poor conditions.
• C)Plants have meristems that allow the plant to grow in more suitable conditions.
• D)Plants undergo limited development and cannot adjust to changes in their environment.

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Definitions:

First-Order Autocorrelation

The correlation between sequential observations in a time series, specifically between each observation and its immediate predecessor.

Durbin-Watson Statistic

A measure used in statistics to detect the presence of autocorrelation in the residuals from a linear regression analysis.

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations for a phenomenon, set forth as a basis for empirical testing.

First-Order Autocorrelation

A statistical measure of the relationship between a variable's current value and its immediate past value.