An Ecologist Is Studying the Relationship Between a Beetle Species

Multiple Choice

An ecologist is studying the relationship between a beetle species and a flower species. She examines six plants and counts the number of beetles and the number of flowers on each plant. $$\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Number of flowers } & \text { Number of beetles } \\\hline 1 & 1 \\\hline 2 & 4 \\\hline 3 & 9 \\\hline 4 & 16 \\\hline 5 & 25 \\\hline 6 & 36 \\\hline\end{array}$$
Which of the following terms best describes the data?

A) positive linear correlation
B) negative linear correlation
C) positive curvilinear correlation
D) negative curvilinear correlation