Which of the Following Is an Example of the Red

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of the Red Queen hypothesis?

• A) spiders evolve resistance to a viral disease; the virus becomes more virulent
• B) dogs evolve characteristics that are selected by humans
• C) dinosaurs lack the adaptations to survive predation of their eggs by small mammals
• D) horses evolve from a five toed animal to one toe
• E) cats and cows separately, but for similar purposes, evolve scratchy tongues

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the spread between numbers in a data set, indicating how far each number in the set is from the mean.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of data.

Coefficient of Variation

A statistical measure of the dispersion of data points in a data set, relative to its mean, expressed as a percentage.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.