Mark Recapture Sampling
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Mathematics
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12th Grade
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Charles Martinez
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which one of these is a correct assumption you need to make about a population between samplings?
It is a closed population
It won't rain between samplings
There are lots of deaths
There are lots of births
Tags
CCSS.7.SP.A.1
CCSS.7.SP.A.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
If 50 crabs were captured and marked and then released and then a few days later 25 were caught and of those 5 were marked. What would the estimate of the population be?
500
250
75
200
Tags
CCSS.7.SP.A.1
CCSS.7.SP.A.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Conservationists want to find the population of a species of mountain goat. On one day they capture 12 goats, tag them and release. A week later they capture 8 goats, 5 of which are tagged. What would the estimate of the population be?
19
40
72
30
Tags
CCSS.7.SP.A.1
CCSS.7.SP.A.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
I have a box with 300 balls in. I take 100 balls and mark them, put them back in and mix them up...If I took a sample of 60 balls...how many would i expect to be marked?
150
75
50
20
Tags
CCSS.7.RP.A.2
CCSS.7.SP.A.1
CCSS.7.SP.A.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What is this method called?
Sampling
Mark-Release
Mark-Recapture
Random sampling
Tags
CCSS.7.SP.A.1
CCSS.7.SP.A.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A farmer wants to estimate the number of rabbits on his farm.
On Monday he catches 120 rabbits.
He puts a tag on each rabbit.
He then lets the rabbits run away.
On Tuesday the farmer catches 70 rabbits.
15 of these rabbits have a tag on them.
Work out an estimate for the total number of rabbits on the farm.
560
500
120
1000
Tags
CCSS.7.SP.A.1
CCSS.7.SP.A.2
CCSS.7.SP.B.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
There are N beads in a jar.
40 of these beads are black.
Julie takes at random a sample of 50 beads from the jar.
5 of the beads in her sample are black.
Work out an estimate for the value of N.
120
200
450
400
Tags
CCSS.7.RP.A.2
CCSS.7.SP.A.1
CCSS.7.SP.A.2
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Clive wants to estimate the number of bees in a beehive.
Clive catches 50 bees from the beehive.
He marks each bee with a dye.
He then lets the bees go.
The next day, Clive catches 40 bees from the beehive.
8 of these bees have been marked with the dye.
(i) Work out an estimate for the number of bees in the beehive.
350
250
220
400
Tags
CCSS.7.RP.A.2
CCSS.7.SP.A.1
CCSS.7.SP.A.2
CCSS.7.SP.B.4
CCSS.7.SP.C.7
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