Critical Thinking in Science — Unit test

Question 17 • EF Environmental Science 1st Nine Weeks

What is the difference between the question and hypothesis steps in scientific inquiry?

Answer

The question step provides the question to be studied, while the hypothesis step provides a proposed answer to the question.

The question step involves putting the hypothesis into question format.

The question is the problem to be studied, while the hypothesis is the answer found after experimentation.

There is effectively no difference between the two steps.

Explanation

The question step identifies what problem or topic will be studied. The hypothesis step gives a proposed, testable answer to that question before experiments are conducted. Choice A correctly describes this difference; a hypothesis is not the answer found after experimentation.

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