Choose the One Most Appropriate Answer for Each

question 11

Multiple Choice

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
-Endemic

• A)Species that remains restricted to the area where it evolved
• B)Species that fail to turn up signs of any individuals after repeated, extensive surveys of its known range
• C)New method of harvesting trees to preserve diversity
• D)Field of biology that documents biodiversity, and seeks way to maintain it to ensure our survival
• E)Species vulnerable to extinction
• F)Work designed to renew or recreate a natural system that has been degraded or destroyed
• G)Places that have species found nowhere else and are under great threat of destruction
• H)Species likely to become endangered in the near future
• I)Chemical pollutant becomes increasingly concentrated as it moves up through food chains
• J)Narrow corridor of vegetation along a stream or river
• K)An organism builds up increasing amounts of a chemical pollutant it its tissues over time

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Definitions:

Probability Calculations

The process of determining the likelihood of a given outcome, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Normal Data

Data that follows a normal distribution, characterized by a bell-shaped curve where most observations cluster around a central peak and probabilities for values taper off equally in both directions.

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement that contradicts the null hypothesis and is tested for possible acceptance in hypothesis testing.

Skewness

A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean.