How Old Was the World Thought to Be When Darwin

question 48

Multiple Choice

How old was the world thought to be when Darwin began his voyage?

• A) 6 million years old
• B) 6 thousand years old
• C) 3.5 million years old
• D) 2 billion years old
• E) 4.5 billion years old

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Definitions:

Means

The average value in a data set, calculated as the sum of all values divided by the number of values.

Widely Dispersed

Describes data that is spread out over a large range, showing significant variability within the dataset.

Shape Of The Distribution

The form or appearance of the graph of a distribution, which can include features like skewness and kurtosis.

Interval Variables

A type of quantitative variable that represents numeric data with meaningful intervals but without a true zero point.