Which of the Following Is the Best Description of Variables

question 41

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best description of variables data?

• A) Number of students more than six feet tall in a classroom.
• B) Ratio of damaged apples to perfect apples in a shipment.
• C) Downward force required to cause a critical part to fail during a quality test.
• D) Adequate strength of adhesive applied between two components.

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Definitions:

Evolutionary Process

A gradual development mechanism in biological organisms over generations through natural selection and genetic variation.

Limiting Resource

A resource that is in shortest supply, thus limiting the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism or a population of organisms.

Resource Partitioning

The process by which competing species use the environment differently in a way that helps them to coexist.

Competitive Exclusion

A principle in ecology that states two species competing for the same limited resource cannot coexist at constant population values, one will always outcompete the other.