The Following Questions Refer to the Description Below

question 75

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the description below.
You were asked to give a presentation about fossils to a group of young students. You tell the students that the fossil record shows how organisms can change over time, but unfortunately the fossil record is incomplete. After your talk a student tells you that his pet salamander has died and he wants his salamander to be fossilized. The boy plans to lay his salamander on the grass and cover the salamander's body with leaves and twigs. You had told the class that a critical step in the fossilization process is the burial of an organism.
-Which of the statement(s) below lends support to your claim about the fossilization process?

• A)Burying hides the body/carcass from scavengers.
• B)Burying protects the carcass from environmental elements such as rain, snow, and wind.
• C)Burying speeds up the process of decay by fungi.
• D)Burying speeds up the process of decay by bacteria.
• E)A and B

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Definitions:

F Value

A statistic obtained in analysis of variance (ANOVA) testing, used to determine whether the means of several groups are equal or show significant differences.

F-Tests

A group of statistical tests that compute the ratio of variances to analyze the statistical significance of the differences between means.

Nondirectional

Pertains to hypotheses or tests that do not specify a direction of effect but instead test for any difference or association.

Type II Error

The probability of accepting a null hypothesis when it is false.