Compost Piles Create an Intense Heat Source and Would Therefore

question 73

Multiple Choice

Compost piles create an intense heat source and would therefore be suitable environments for

• A) extreme thermophiles.
• B) extreme halophiles.
• C) methanogens.
• D) proteobacteria.

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Definitions:

Dependent Means

Pertains to a statistical analysis involving paired or matched samples, comparing the means between two related groups.

Directional Hypothesis

A hypothesis that predicts not only a relationship but also the direction of the relationship between two variables or groups.

Alpha

A threshold value used in statistics to determine the significance level below which a null hypothesis is rejected in a hypothesis test.

Non-directional Hypothesis

A hypothesis that specifies there is a difference or relationship, but not the direction of the difference or relationship between variables.