The Temperature Measurements from the Satellites Tell Us That Earth's

question 8

Multiple Choice

The temperature measurements from the satellites tell us that Earth's average temperature is - 16°C,however the Earth's average temperature is about 15°C.It is a large discrepancy,why is that.

• A) The Earth is watery planet so absorbs the lots of Sun's energy.
• B) Gases in atmosphere absorb the Earth's radiated energy and then reradiate it downward to Earth's surface.
• C) Because of unbalance energy between Earth's interior and surface.
• D) Too many active volcanoes warm up the Earth.

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Definitions:

One-Tail Test

A statistical test in which the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution, used to determine if a parameter is greater than or less than a certain value.

Two-Tail

Describes tests or intervals in statistics that consider extreme values in both tails of the distribution to test hypotheses or compute confidence intervals.

P-Value

The probability of observing data at least as extreme as the data actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, used as a starting point for statistical testing.