Imagine That a Zoo in Sri Lanka Has Started an Elephant-Breeding

question 94

Multiple Choice

Imagine that a zoo in Sri Lanka has started an elephant-breeding program. Zookeepers have introduced an Indian and Sri Lankan elephant into the same enclosure. What will be the result of this mating?

• A)These elephants will fail to produce fertile offspring.
• B)These elephants will produce infertile offspring (i.e., like a mule).
• C)This mating will demonstrate that these elephants are reproductively isolated from each other.
• D)This mating will demonstrate that these elephants are not members of the same species.
• E)This mating will demonstrate that these elephants are members of the same species, and will produce fertile offspring.

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Definitions:

Relative Frequency Histogram

A type of histogram that displays the relative frequencies of different categories of data, showing the proportion of data that falls into each category rather than the raw count.

Frequency Histogram

A graphical representation showing the frequency of various outcomes in a dataset, usually with bars.

Frequency Distribution

A statistical representation that shows the number of occurrences of each value in a dataset, often displayed in a table or graph.

Class Width

The difference between the upper and lower boundaries of a class interval in frequency distribution.