How Do the Wind Speeds of the Martian Atmosphere Compare

question 61

Multiple Choice

How do the wind speeds of the Martian atmosphere compare with those of Earth?

• A)about the same as Earth's
• B)about one tenth of Earth's
• C)about 50% of Earth's
• D)about ten times more than Earth's

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Definitions:

Sample Variance

A measure of variance calculated from a sample of data, representing the average of the squared differences from the mean.

Population Variance

A measure that quantifies the spread of a set of data points in a population, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the Mean.

Confidence Interval

A spectrum of numbers resulting from sample measurements, which is thought to cover the value of an unidentified population feature.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, showing how spread out the data points are from the mean.