Which of the Following Best Illustrates Behavioral Mutualism

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best illustrates behavioral mutualism?

• A) Fruit seeds pass through a consumer's digestive system and are moved to a location distant from the parent plant.
• B) Pollen from one plant is carried to another.
• C) Small fish called cleaner wrasse remove parasites from the mouth and gills of predatory fish.
• D) Infected individuals experience diarrhea that releases infectious organisms into the environment.

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Definitions:

Bias

A systematic error or deviation from the truth in results or inferences.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Simple Random Sample

A portion of a broader statistical population where each member has an equal likelihood of selection.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.