What Evidence Is There for Scientists to Believe Uranus Has

question 67

Multiple Choice

What evidence is there for scientists to believe Uranus has some internal heat?

• A) active volcanoes spewing methane gas and ash
• B) convection in the fluid mantle driving the dynamo effect
• C) a molten metallic core
• D) craters on the surface that are small and filled by lava
• E) a severe axis tilt leads to more absorption of heat from the Sun

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Definitions:

Explanatory Variable

A variable in a statistical model that is used to explain variations in the dependent variable.

Error Sum Of Squares

A measure in statistics of the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model.

Standard Error

A measure of the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by quantifying the variability of the sampling distribution.

Coefficient Of Determination

A measure that represents the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s).