Evolution Can Be Described as

question 40

Multiple Choice

Evolution can be described as

• A)predesigned change in the genetic characteristics of a population of organisms over time.
• B)sudden shifts in the genetic characteristics of an individual in a population.
• C)a change in the genetic characteristics of a population of organisms over time.
• D)isolation of populations due to geologic forces.

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

Measures the dispersion of a set of data points in a population from its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Interval Estimate

An estimate of a population parameter that provides a range of values believed to contain the parameter with a certain level of confidence.

Population Mean

The average of a set of values, taken from the entire population of data.

Confidence Level

The probability that a population parameter will fall between a set of values for a certain proportion of times.