Spearman’s Rank Correlation vocabulary

What word could be defined as “a larger quantity of something”

• Abundance

• A lot

• Distribution

• Null hypothesis

Fill in the blank: A frame of reference used in Biology Ecology and Geography is a…

Explain the term “No association”

• When X increases so does Y

• When X decreases so does Y

• When Y increases so does X

• The Increase in X has nothing to do with Y

Explain a null hypothesis

Describe a “Alternative Hypothesis”

Define Abiotic

• Another word for an ecosystem

• Living organism within an ecosystem

• Non-living components within an ecosystem

• None of the above

Define biotic

• Non-living components of an ecosystem

• Living organism within an ecosystem

• The amounts of stars in the sky

• How many stuffed animals are in the room

Positive correlation means that as _ increases y increases

Negative correlation means that as _ increases _ decreases

Define distribution

• The way something is spread out over an area

• Thing that are in close proximity to one another

• Kinematics

• None of the above 👀