Of the Following Research Topics, Which Is Most Likely to Be

question 30

Multiple Choice

Of the following research topics, which is most likely to be a relationship study?

• A) The relationship between motivation and acheivement.
• B) The difference in minutes a day exercising between boys and girls.
• C) The types of exercise students engage in after school.
• D) The experiences of John at after school track practice.

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Definitions:

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants, algae, and some bacteria convert light energy, usually from the sun, into chemical energy in the form of glucose, using water and carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen as a byproduct.

Biomass

A quantitative estimate of the total mass, or amount, of living material in a particular ecosystem.

Gross Primary Productivity

The total rate at which photosynthetic organisms in an ecosystem convert carbon dioxide into organic carbon compounds.

Net Primary Productivity

The rate at which plants and other photosynthetic organisms produce organic compounds in an ecosystem minus the rate at which they use some of these compounds through respiration.