Investigating physical environments (rivers or coasts)

An anomaly is a data point that does not fit the general pattern or trend of the rest of the data.

Explain two possible reasons for the anomaly shown at Z in Figure 1.

Scatter plot showing distance downstream from source (km) vs mean bedload particle size (cm) with an anomaly at Z.

Distance downstream from source (km)	Mean bedload particle size (cm)
2	18
4	12
6 (Point Z)	22
8	6
10	3

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An anomaly is a data point that does not fit the general pattern or trend of the rest of the data.

Explain two possible reasons for the anomaly shown at Z in Figure 1.

Scatter plot showing distance downstream from source (km) vs mean bedload particle size (cm) with an anomaly at Z.

Distance downstream from source (km)	Mean bedload particle size (cm)
2	18
4	12
6 (Point Z)	22
8	6
10	3

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Investigating physical environments (rivers or coasts) Questions