You Are Doing a Research Project to Determine the Age

question 10

Multiple Choice

You are doing a research project to determine the age of maple trees in a series of 100 square meter plots.Your data are interesting because many of the trees that are the same age are not the same size,even though they are within a few kilometers of one another.Why might this be?

• A) Trees are long-lived and unitary organisms. As a result, some individuals may have experience competition and predation that has affected growth and development.
• B) Trees of the same age should all grow differently because they are semelparous perennials.
• C) Trees are long-lived and modular organisms. As a result, some individuals may have experience competition and predation that has affected growth and development.
• D) Trees of the same age should all grow differently because they are iteroparous annuals.

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