The Biotic Potential of a Population

question 50

Multiple Choice

The biotic potential of a population

• A) is the maximum reproductive rate of a population.
• B) is the current rate of growth of a population.
• C) is an expression of how many offspring survive to reproduce.
• D) can be determined only by studying an age structure diagram.
• E) is the future rate of growth of a population.

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Definitions:

Positively Skewed

Describes a distribution with a tail that extends to the right, indicating a majority of the data points are situated on the left side of the distribution.

Theoretical Distribution

A mathematical function that describes all the possible values and likelihoods that a random variable can take within a given range.

F-ratios

A statistical measure calculated by dividing the variance between groups by the variance within groups in the context of an ANOVA test.

F-ratio

A statistic used in ANOVA to compare the variance among group means to the variance within groups; it assesses whether the means are significantly different.