In Which of the Following Situations Would You Expect Succession

question 16

Multiple Choice

In which of the following situations would you expect succession to take the longest?

• A)A volcanic island forms far from any mainland.
• B)A forest fire burns 1,200 acres in Texas.
• C)Sand dunes form a new island within a half mile of a mainland.
• D)Humans log an area and then burn remaining undergrowth.

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Definitions:

Population Variance

A measure of the spread of a population’s data points, indicating the average of the squared differences from the mean.

Chi-square Distribution

A statistical distribution used in hypothesis testing that is applicable when testing hypotheses about categorical variables.

Population Variance

A measure of the spread or distribution of a set of data values within an entire population.

Confidence Interval

A selection of values, extracted from sample analyses, believed to encompass the value of an unseen population parameter.