Why Would a Decrease in the Amount of Ozone in the Atmosphere

question 56

Multiple Choice

Why would a decrease in the amount of ozone in the atmosphere increase the likelihood of people getting sunburn?

• A)Global temperatures would rise
• B)More ultraviolet radiation would reach the ground
• C)People would be exposed to more infrared radiation
• D)The premise is incorrect.Ozone and sunburn are not related

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Definitions:

Critical Values

Specific points on the scale of a test statistic that determine the threshold for rejecting a null hypothesis.

Two-Tailed

Two-Tailed tests in statistics are used to determine if there is either a positive or negative effect, and the significance is checked in both directions of the distribution.

Critical Values

Specific points on the scale of a test statistic that define regions where the null hypothesis can be rejected, indicating statistical significance.

Two-Tailed

A statistical test where the critical area of a distribution is two-sided and tests whether a sample is either greater or less than a certain range of values.