Daniel Is Interested in Studying How Children's Behaviour Changes When

question 85

Multiple Choice

Daniel is interested in studying how children's behaviour changes when they grow up in high-risk environments. He enlists 500 children and their parents to take part in his research, and observes these children once a year for 20 years. Despite the fact that this research is very time consuming and expensive, it gives very good information about how the children age over time. This type of research is an example of a ________ study.

• A)sequential
• B)cross-sectional
• C)longitudinal
• D)continuous

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Definitions:

Biome

A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region defined by its climate, flora, and fauna.

Biotic Potential

The maximum reproductive capacity of an organism under optimum environmental conditions.

Environmental Resistance

Total of factors in the environment that limit the numerical increase of a population in a particular region.

Carrying Capacity

The maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment.