How should you test a hypothesis?
Conlan wants to answer the question, “Does phosphorus affect tomato fruit production?” Which statement represents a hypothesis that he can test to answer his question?
The statement “force equals mass times acceleration (F=ma)” is Newton’s second law of motion. Why is this a law rather than a theory?
How does a law differ from a theory?
Gregor Mendel demonstrated that traits are passed from parents to offspring independently of one another under all circumstances that he tested. All other genetics researchers have observed this as well. Based on this information, the statement can be made that “traits are passed from parents to offspring independently of one another.” Which describes the statement of fact?
Which is the correct order in the scientific process?
In which situation would new technology be most likely to cause a change in an existing theory about new structures in a cell?
In the early days of germ theory, contagious diseases were thought to be caused only by fungi or bacteria. In the 1890s, Dmitri Ivanovski filtered extracts from diseased tobacco plants and discovered that the disease could be transmitted to new plants through the filtrate. He hypothesized that something smaller than bacteria or fungi was responsible for the transmission of the disease. Which best explains how Ivanovski’s work led to a change in the germ theory?
Which occurs directly before forming a hypothesis?
What do hypotheses, theories, and laws have in common?
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