Questions & Answers
Browse all 20 questions from the
Nature and Wildlife Statistics study set below.
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1
In a standard group of 10 honeybees, if 3 are scouts and 7 are foragers, what is the probability of randomly selecting a scout?
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A
3/10
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B
7/10
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C
1/10
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D
3/7
2
If a litter of 4 kittens contains 2 ginger and 2 black kittens, what is the ratio of ginger kittens to the total?
3
Out of 5 flowering plants, 1 is a sunflower and 4 are daisies. What is the frequency of sunflowers?
4
If a forest has 2 pine trees and 8 oak trees, what is the probability of picking an oak tree?
5
In a flock of 6 birds, 3 are blue and 3 are red. What is the probability of picking a red bird?
6
If a sea turtle lays 100 eggs and 90 hatch, what is the hatch rate as a percentage?
7
If 7 out of 10 shark species in a small study are bottom-dwellers, what is the decimal representation of this statistic?
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A
0.3
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B
0.7
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C
0.07
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D
0.77
8
A researcher counts 4 ladybugs with 7 spots and 6 ladybugs with 2 spots. What is the total number of ladybugs observed?
9
If a rain gauge collects water over 7 days and it rains on 3 of those days, what is the fraction of rainy days?
10
In a pond with 5 frogs, 2 are bullfrogs and 3 are tree frogs. What is the mode of this data set?
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A
Bullfrog
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B
Tree frog
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C
Equal
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D
None
11
If a scientist tags 2 monarch butterflies out of a group of 8, what percentage of the group is tagged?
12
A zoo has 3 monkeys, 2 lions, and 5 elephants. What is the probability of randomly picking an elephant?
13
If 4 out of 8 mushrooms in a patch are edible, what is the probability of picking an edible one?
14
Out of 10 stars visible in a clear patch of sky, 5 are blue and 5 are white. What is the range of this distribution?
15
If a wolf pack consists of 9 wolves, and 1 is an alpha, what is the fraction of non-alpha wolves?
16
In a basket of 10 apples, 4 are green and 6 are red. What is the ratio of red to green apples?
17
If a coral reef has 20 fish and 5 are clownfish, what is the percentage of clownfish?
18
A bird eats 3 seeds in the morning, 2 at noon, and 5 in the evening. What is the mean number of seeds eaten per time period?
19
If 1 out of 4 seasons is summer, what is the probability of randomly choosing summer?
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A
0.1
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B
0.25
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C
0.5
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D
0.75
20
A study tracks 10 polar bears; 6 are male and 4 are female. What is the probability of picking a female?
