Gravity "Powers" All of the Following Processes of the Hydrological

question 66

Multiple Choice

Gravity "powers" all of the following processes of the hydrological cycle except ________________.

• A) runoff
• B) infiltration
• C) precipitation
• D) transpiration
• E) all of these answers

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Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic obtained from a large number of samples drawn from a specific population.

Normal Population

A population in statistics where all the individual measurements are symmetrically distributed around the mean, following a normal distribution.

Standard Deviation

A statistical metric that evaluates the spread of data points in a dataset around the mean.

Standard Deviation

An indication of how spread out the numbers in a data set are, demonstrating variability from the mean.