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#Question id: 16879


Suppose a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of Americans who exercise regularly is 0.29 to 0.37. Which one of the following statements is FALSE?

#Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology
  1. It is reasonable to say that more than 25% of Americans exercise regularly.
  2. It is reasonable to say that more than 40% of Americans exercise regularly.
  3. The hypothesis that 33% of Americans exercise regularly cannot be rejected.
  4. It is reasonable to say that fewer than 40% of Americans exercise regularly.
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#Question id: 10669

#Section 2: Evolution

The three graphs (A, B, C) show population growth (N) patterns in relation to N or time (t)


Which of the following above graph showing exponential growth?


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#Question id: 10670

#Section 2: Evolution

To estimate the number of foxes in an area, a researcher conducted a mark-recapture survey. In the first survey, he caught and marked N number of foxes. In his second survey a week later, he caught 120 foxes of which 90 were unmarked (recaptures). If you are told that the actual number of foxes in this area is 400, what is value of N in this area?

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#Question id: 11510

#Section 2: Evolution

Life history trait varies environmental condition, both survivorship and fecundity is habitat dependent in practice but intrinsic rate of increase can change as environmental change. Following life history trait is characteristic of r-selected species?

A) Later age at first reproduction                    B) Long generation time

C) Multiple broods per life spans                    D) Large number of offspring per brood

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#Question id: 11511

#Section 2: Evolution

A metapopulation is

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#Section 2: Evolution

The mortality rate of organisms following a type iii survivorship curve is

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#Question id: 11513

#Section 2: Evolution

Organisms whose life history adaptation is called semelparity