You Are Examining a Seed with Tiny White Plumes Attached

question 65

Multiple Choice

You are examining a seed with tiny white plumes attached to it. How is this type of seed most likely dispersed?

• A) by animals who eat it
• B) by floating on water
• C) by the wind
• D) by attaching to the fur of animals
• E) by bursting forth from the seed pod

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Definitions:

Average Starting Salary

The median initial compensation received by employees in their first position post-graduation or certification.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values; a high standard deviation means a lot of variation.

Exponential Distribution

A continuous probability distribution used to model the time between events in a Poisson point process.

Normally Distributed

A symmetrically shaped probability distribution around the mean, indicating a greater frequency of occurrences for data points close to the mean versus those that are remote.