Please Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 26

Multiple Choice

Please use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
In areas of permafrost, stands of black spruce are frequently observed in the landscape, whereas other tree species are noticeably absent. Often these stands are referred to as "drunken forests" because many of the black spruce are displaced from their normal vertical alignment.
-Imagine that you are managing a large game ranch. You know from historical accounts that a species of deer used to live there, but they have been extirpated. You decide to reintroduce them. After doing some research to determine what might be an appropriately sized founding population, you do so. You watch the population increase for several generations and then graph the number of individuals (vertical axis) against the number of generations (horizontal axis) . The graph will likely appear as

• A) a diagonal line, getting higher with each generation.
• B) an "S," increasing with each generation.
• C) an upside-down "U."
• D) a "J," increasing with each generation.
• E) an "S" that ends with a vertical line.

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Definitions:

Mechanism

The step-by-step sequence of elementary reactions by which overall chemical change occurs in a chemical reaction.

Likely Products

Refers to the expected outcomes or substances produced as a result of a chemical reaction.

Predominate Product

The major product formed in a chemical reaction, which is generated in greater amount compared to any other products.

Buta-1,3-diene

A conjugated diene with the formula C4H6, characterized by having double bonds at the first and third positions of a four carbon chain.