The Eccentricity of a Planet's Orbit Describes

question 16

Multiple Choice

The eccentricity of a planet's orbit describes

• A)westward motion in the night sky when observed on successive nights.
• B)the deviation in shape when compared to a circle.
• C)its tilt with respect to the ecliptic plane.
• D)the tilt of the planet's rotational axis with respect to the ecliptic.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test, used to make a decision about the null hypothesis.

Distribution

Refers to the way in which something is shared out among a group or spread over an area.

F Statistic

A value calculated during an ANOVA test that determines if the means of several groups are all equal, used to test the null hypothesis.

F Distribution

A continuous probability distribution that arises in the testing of whether two population variances are equal and in the analysis of variance (ANOVA).