As the Population of a Predator Increases,the

question 55

Multiple Choice

As the population of a predator increases,the

• A)population of the prey species decreases.
• B)birthrate of the prey species increases.
• C)mortality rate of the prey species decreases.
• D)proportion of the prey population that is captured and consumed decreases.

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Definitions:

Factor A

Represents an independent variable or input in an experiment or study that is manipulated to observe its effect on a dependent variable.

Residual Variance

The variance in observations not explained by the independent variables in a regression model, representing the unpredicted part of a dependent variable.

Two-way ANOVA

This test analyzes how two categorical variables affect a continuous target variable.

Interaction

In statistics, it refers to a situation where the effect of one variable on an outcome is changed by the level of another variable.