A method of assigning probabilities based on historical data is called the _____ method.

When dealing with the number of occurrences of an event over a specified interval of time or space, the appropriate probability distribution is a _____ distribution.

The _____ probability function is based in part on the counting rule for combinations.

For a normal distribution, a positive value of z indicates that

The random variable x is the number of occurrences of an event over an interval of ten minutes. It can be assumed that the probability of an occurrence is the same in any two-time periods of an equal length. It is known that the mean number of occurrences in ten minutes is 5.3. Which of the following discrete probability distributions’ properties are satisfied by random variable x?

The process where surface waters are pushed away from the land and replaced by nutrient-rich bottom waters is called

Relative dating tells us the

Temperature increases with altitude in the

The trade wind belts are regions of generally

When sea ice forms, what happens to the unfrozen water immediately adjacent to the new sea ice?