Fat-Soluble Contaminants

question 10

Multiple Choice

Fat-soluble contaminants

• A) Tend to accumulate in the surface water of aquatic habitats
• B) Are easily excreted by organisms
• C) Tend to accumulate in soil, sediments, and organisms
• D) Commonly biomagnify from lower to higher trophic levels
• E) Have very low bioconcentration factors

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Definitions:

T-Test

A type of statistical test that is used to compare the means of two groups to determine if the differences between them are statistically significant.

Coefficient Of Correlation

A statistical measure that calculates the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables; its value ranges from -1 to 1.

Variation

is a measure of the spread of data points in a dataset from the mean or another central value.

Test Statistic

A calculated value used in statistical testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis of a study.