Which of the Following Strategies Is Not Used to Avoid

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following strategies is not used to avoid dessication in the intertidal?

• A)Closing shells
• B)Crowding by organisms in areas that are always moist
• C)Burrowing into substrate
• D)Mucus
• E)Moving out of tide pools

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Definitions:

Coefficient of Alienation

A statistical measure used to quantify the degree of relationship or non-relationship between two variables, often indicating the extent to which they are unrelated.

Unexplained Variance

The portion of the total variance in a dataset that is not accounted for by the statistical model.

Indirect Correlation

A relationship between two variables such that when one variable increases, the other variable tends to decrease, or vice versa, mediated by a third variable.