Why Are East-West Variation Patterns More Pronounced in the Middle

question 49

Multiple Choice

Why are east-west variation patterns more pronounced in the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere?

• A) There is a wide range of temperatures that occur in the Northern Hemisphere.
• B) There is an almost equal ration of land and water in the Northern Hemisphere.
• C) There is a high pressure system that always forms over land in the Northern Hemisphere.
• D) The Coriolis Effect influences the wind pattern more in these regions.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

Re-phrased: The presumption in statistical testing that asserts no association or effect among studied variables.

Critical Value

A threshold in hypothesis testing that defines the boundary beyond which an observed test statistic is considered statistically significant.

Level of Significance

A threshold used in hypothesis testing that determines the probability of wrongly rejecting a true null hypothesis.

T-test

A statistical method employed to ascertain whether there's a notable difference in the average values of two distinct groups.