A New Store Is Constructed in Place of a Farm

question 73

Multiple Choice

A new store is constructed in place of a farm field,leading to increased runoff into streams,that leads to mudslides in the surrounding region.This construction resulted in the loss of ecosystem capital,because it

• A)increased erosion in the region.
• B)decreased the amount of crops grown in the region.
• C)increased the number of cars traveling in the region,to and from the store.
• D)All of the above.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A breadth of numerical ranges, derived from samples' statistical outputs, presumed to enclose an unknown population parameter value.

Significance

A statistical concept indicating the likelihood that an observed effect or relationship is not due to chance, often demonstrated by a p-value.

Null Hypothesis

In statistical testing, the default hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and any observed effect is due to chance.

LCL

Lower Control Limit, a statistical measure in quality control processes that defines the lower threshold acceptable for variation.