How Could an Asteroid Hitting the Yucatan Peninsula in What

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Multiple Choice

How could an asteroid hitting the Yucatan peninsula in what is now Central America cause a worldwide mass extinction?

• A)By blocking the sun and inhibiting photosynthesis
• B)By using up all of the oxygen in the atmosphere
• C)Most of the animals in the world were in the tropics of Central America
• D)By causing massive floods
• E)By heating up the planet

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Definitions:

Point Estimate

A single value estimation derived from a sample that serves as the best guess of a population parameter.

Interval Estimate

Interval Estimate is a range of values used to estimate a population parameter, typically expressed through confidence intervals.

Population Parameter

A value, such as a mean or standard deviation, that describes a characteristic of an entire population.

Normal Distribution

A distribution pattern in probabilities that is balanced around the mean, signifying that data points near the mean have a higher frequency of occurrence compared to those far from the mean.