Which of the Following Represent(s)a Consequence of Surface-Area-To-Volume Ratio

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represent(s) a consequence of surface-area-to-volume ratio?

• A)When both a large and small bird of the same species hit a microwave tower while migrating at night,the small bird is more likely to die from loss of heat before it can recover from the mild trauma
• B)A cup of tea poured from a large teapot cools off faster than the larger amount of tea left in the teapot
• C)An amoeba needs no gills or lungs,an amphibian needs some small gills or lungs,but a horse needs substantial lung surface
• D)All of the choices represent factors directly related to the surface-area-to-volume ratio

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Definitions:

Probability Samples

Samples chosen in such a way that every member of the population has a known, non-zero chance of being included.

Convenience Sampling

A sampling technique where subjects are selected because of their convenient accessibility and proximity to the researcher.

Sampling Distribution

The likelihood distribution associated with a specific statistic derived from a random sample.

Normal Distribution

A type of continuous probability distribution for a real-valued random variable that is symmetrically bell-shaped, centered around its mean.