The Limiting Factor for Whales Would Not Include

question 153

Multiple Choice

The limiting factor for whales would not include

• A) temperature.
• B) precipitation.
• C) nutrient availability.
• D) sunlight.
• E) salinity.

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Definitions:

Cladistic Analysis

A method of analyzing the evolutionary relationships between groups of organisms by classifying them based on common ancestry.

Outgroup

In cladistics, a taxon that represents an approximation of the ancestral condition; the outgroup is related to the ingroup (the members of the group under study) but separated from the ingroup lineage before they diversified.

Diverges

Moves or extends in different directions from a common point, or becomes fundamentally different in character or form.

Consortium

An association, typically of several business companies, created to undertake a project that is beyond the resources of any one member.