Hypothesis Theory Law

Which of the following is not true about a hypothesis?

• It is a random guess

• It is an educated guess

• It is often written as an if... then... statement

• It is supported by initial observation that leads to a reasonable conclusion

If I spend more time outside during the summer, I am more likely to get skin cancer.

• Fact

• Theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

If I expose a plant to more carbon dioxide, it will grow faster.

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Law

• Belief

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The universe began with a big bang

• Fact

• Theory

• Law

• Belief

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You observe that, upon waking up each morning, your trashcan is overturned and trash is spread around the yard. You propose that raccoons are responsible. Is this fact, a law, a theory, or a hypothesis?

• Fact

• Law

• Theory

• Hypothesis

If you can set up an experiment to determine if it is true or not, you are most likely testing out a ___________.

• hypothesis

• theory

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Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor: the birds and the bananas, the fishes and the flowers
 -- all related That is, complex creatures evolve from more simplistic ancestors naturally over time.

• Fact

• Theory

• Law

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A testable statement about the natural world that can be used to build more complex inferences and explanations. To be a hypothesis, a statement must contain a possible explanation.

• Fact

• Theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

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In science, a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that can incorporate facts, laws, inferences, and tested hypotheses.

• Fact

• Theory

• Law

• Hypothesis

Theories are based on thousands of supported hypothesis and tons of physical evidence.

• True

• False

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