A Study of the Spatial Distribution of Savanna Biomes and the Environmental

question 161

Multiple Choice

A study of the spatial distribution of savanna biomes and the environmental factors that control that distribution would be an example of a topic studied in

• A) biogeography.
• B) ecology.
• C) pedology.
• D) plant biology.

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Definitions:

Sample Data

Data collected or selected from a larger population, used in statistical analysis to make inferences about the population.

Variance

A statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a dataset, indicating how much they differ from the mean of the set.

Population

The entire group of individuals or instances about whom we wish to make conclusions in a statistical study.

Standard Deviation

A statistical index that signifies the distribution of data points around the mean of a dataset.