When Aldo Leopold Said, "The First Rule to Intelligent Tinkering

question 44

Multiple Choice

When Aldo Leopold said, "The first rule to intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces." In terms of biodiversity he meant that we should

• A) Save records of all species that have disappeared
• B) Not interfere with the disappearance of species
• C) Not cause species to disappear
• D) Not interfere with nature
• E) Aldo Leopold did not intend to have this statement applied to biodiversity

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Definitions:

Scatter Diagram

A graphical display of the relationship between two quantitative variables. One variable is shown on the horizontal axis and the other variable is shown on the vertical axis.

Trend Line

A line drawn on a graph that shows the general direction in which a group of points seem to be moving.

Histogram

A graphical display of a frequency distribution, relative frequency distribution, or percent frequency distribution of quantitative data constructed by placing the class intervals on the horizontal axis and the frequencies, relative frequencies, or percent frequencies on the vertical axis.

Frequency Distribution

A summary showing how often different values occur in a dataset, typically presented in a table or graph.