What Factor Accounts for Most of the Loss of Energy

question 214

Multiple Choice

What factor accounts for most of the loss of energy between trophic levels?

• A) Reproduction
• B) Growth
• C) Respiration
• D) Predation
• E) Herbivory

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Definitions:

R-Squared

A statistical measure that represents the portion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable or variables in a regression model.

Sum of Squares

A statistical technique used to describe the total variation of a dataset by summing the squares of the differences from the mean.

F-Ratio

A statistical measure used in the analysis of variance (ANOVA), comparing the variance among group means to the variance within groups.

Studentized Residuals

Residuals in regression analysis that have been standardized by dividing by an estimate of their standard deviation to identify outliers.