Saturn Has a Lower Abundance of Helium in Its Atmosphere

question 29

Essay

Saturn has a lower abundance of helium in its atmosphere than Jupiter does.Why?

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Definitions:

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Z Score

A statistical gauge that measures how a value compares to the average of a set of values by counting the number of standard deviations it falls from the mean.

Standard Score

A score that expresses the number of standard deviations a datum is from the mean of the distribution.

Normal Curve

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