Both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace Acknowledged the Influence

question 25

Multiple Choice

Both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace acknowledged the influence of the economist Thomas Malthus in the development of their ideas about natural selection. Specifically, Malthus's ideas about geometric population growth implied that:

• A)resources in every generation would be limited, therefore individuals in every generation would have to compete for those resources.
• B)only the largest and strongest individuals would survive.
• C)organisms should have as many offspring as possible.
• D)organisms should have a few, very fit offspring who can compete for scarce resources.
• E)All of these choices are correct.

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Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data where most of the observations cluster around the mean.

Standard Deviation

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Scatterplot

A graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables. The slope of the points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables. The amount of scatter suggests the strength of the correlation (little scatter indicates high correlation).

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of many types of data where most values are close to the mean.