At Least Half of the Known Species of Terrestrial Plants

question 66

Multiple Choice

At least half of the known species of terrestrial plants and animals are found ____.

• A) in both temperate and tropical rainforests
• B) only in temperate rainforests
• C) only in tropical rainforests
• D) in deciduous forests
• E) evenly distributed amongst the biomes of the earth

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Definitions:

F Value

A statistic used in analysis of variance (ANOVA) to determine if the means of three or more variables differ significantly.

Omnibus

An overarching term used to describe a single document or collection containing multiple individual items, often used in legal or legislative contexts.

ANOVA

Short for Analysis of Variance, a statistical method used to compare the means of three or more samples to understand if at least one of the sample means significantly differs from the others.

Level of Significance

The threshold below which a result is considered statistically significant, often denoted by alpha (α), commonly set at 0.05 or 5%.