The First Stage of a Tornado Life Cycle Is the ____

question 3

Multiple Choice

The first stage of a tornado life cycle is the ____ stage.

• A)dust-whirl
• B)organizing
• C)mature
• D)shrinking
• E)decay

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Definitions:

Two-Tailed Test

A Two-Tailed Test is a statistical test in which the critical area of a distribution is two-sided and tests whether a sample is either greater than or less than a certain range of values.

Expected Frequencies

The counts that one would expect in a statistical distribution, based on a specific hypothesis or model.

Chi-Squared Test Statistic

A statistical measure used to determine the goodness of fit between observed values and values expected theoretically.

Level of Significance

Another term for significance level, indicating the threshold below which the null hypothesis is rejected in statistical tests.