Which of the Following Would Tend to Promote Adaptive Radiation

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would tend to promote adaptive radiation?

• A) An organism has a very stable set of features and capabilities over long spans of evolutionary time.
• B) An organism colonizes an isolated area that is habitable but relatively devoid of life.
• C) An organism colonizes an area that already has a high level of existing species diversity.
• D) A single species goes extinct, but it has several competitors that quickly expand to assume its ecological roles.

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Definitions:

Number of Successes

This term refers to the count of times an outcome of interest occurs in a statistical experiment.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used in hypothesis testing and estimation.

Large-Sample Significance

Refers to the level of significance or inferential reliability obtained when testing hypotheses with a large sample size, typically leading to more precise estimates.