Blue Jays Develop ____ That Keep Them from Eating Monarch

question 127

Multiple Choice

Blue jays develop ____ that keep them from eating monarch butterflies.

• A) species-specificity
• B) preparedness
• C) discrimination
• D) taste-aversion learning

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Definitions:

Measure of Variability

Statistical indicators that describe the spread or dispersion within a data set, such as range, variance, or standard deviation.

Range

A measure of variability, defined to be the largest value minus the smallest value.

Midrange

The statistical measure that calculates the average of the maximum and minimum values in a data set, giving a rough estimate of the data's central tendency.

Standard Deviation

An evaluation metric for the amount of variation or distribution in a set of numerical values.