Use Figure 55

question 23

Short Answer

Use Figure 55.2 to answer the following questions. Examine this food web for a particular terrestrial ecosystem. Each letter is a species. The arrows represent energy flow.

Figure 55.2
-A toxic pollutant would probably reach its highest concentration in which species?

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Definitions:

Box-and-Whisker Plot

A type of chart that displays the distribution of data based on quartiles, highlighting the median, and extremes.

Whiskers

In a box plot, the lines that extend from the upper and lower quartiles to the maximum and minimum values, respectively, indicating variability outside the upper and lower quartiles.

Minimum

The smallest value in a given set of data, or the least point in a mathematical function.

Maximum Values

The highest observed values in a given dataset or range, critical in understanding the extent of variation.