In Work with the Data , You Were Asked to Make

question 55

Essay

In Work with the Data , you were asked to make many assumptions to estimate the number of species of insects on Earth.Do you think these assumptions are reasonable? Why or why not? Would you argue for a different set of assumptions? How do you think these changes in assumptions would affect your calculations? Can you think of ways to test these assumptions?

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