Match the words in the left-hand column to the appropriate blank in the sentence
ID: 1762346 • Letter: M
Question
Match the words in the left-hand column to the appropriate blank in the sentences in the right-hand column. Use each word only once. The science of ___ is the study of living organisms. Ideas about how things work are called ___. A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for one or more ___. Scientific hypotheses must be ___; it must be possible to evaluate a hypothesis through observations of the measurable universe. A scientific hypothesis must also be ___; that is, an observation or set ob observations could potentially prove it false. A/an ___ is an explanation of a set of related observations based on well-supported hypotheses from several different, independent lines of research.Explanation / Answer
1.Biology [Greek bios=life logia=study]2.Hypotheses [Alsofrom the Greek, the definition is #3 a proposed explanationfor 1 or more observations]
3.Observations [Asmentioned above this is pretty much pulled from a dictionary]
4.Testable [Ifyou cannot test it is not a hypothesis]
5.Falsifiable [Ifit cannot be proven false then is not a hypothesis.]
6.Scientifictheory [I don't really like this definition since historically manyobservations have been predicted by
theory not necesarily they other way around]