Considering the Largest Earthquakes to Occur Along the San Andreas

question 58

Multiple Choice

Considering the largest earthquakes to occur along the San Andreas Fault, which was the most damaging?

• A) 1906 San Francisco
• B) 1994 Northridge
• C) 1857 Fort Tejon
• D) 1952 Kern County

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measurement that shows how much variation or dispersion exists from the average (mean) value.

Frequency Polygon

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data. It is usually a line that connects points representing the frequencies of various categories or intervals of data.

Class Intervals

Ranges of values into which data points are grouped for frequency distribution analysis.

Histogram

A type of bar chart used in statistics to represent the distribution of data by showing the number of data points that fall within a range of values.