INTRODUCTION
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
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Question
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Sandra’s claim is a hypothesis that she could test with the scientific method.
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Sandra’s claim is not scientific because it is not testable.
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Sandra’s claim is a law based on empirical evidence.
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Sandra’s claim is not scientific because no one famous would agree with her.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sandra claims that invisible fairies live above the clouds where no one can see, hear or feel them. Which of the following is true? Sandra’s claim is a hypothesis that she could test with the scientific method. Sandra’s claim is not scientific because it is not testable.
Detailed explanation-2: -Generally, a scientific claim is one that is based on systematic observation and evidence. It’s designed to be far more reliable than any other kind of claim you could make.
Detailed explanation-3: -An Example of the Scientific Method Your toaster fails to toast the bread. The observation you make from this problem is that your toaster won’t toast. The question, in this case, is, “Why isn’t my toaster working?” The hypothesis should be a potential explanation or answer to the question.
Detailed explanation-4: -A scientific hypothesis is accepted if there is no way to demonstrate that the hypothesis is wrong. Science experiments are used to prove or disprove a hypothesis. If the results do not agree with the hypothesis, the experiment can be performed again using different variables to further test the hypothesis.
Detailed explanation-5: -Falsifiability is a deductive standard of evaluation of scientific theories and hypotheses, introduced by the philosopher of science Karl Popper in his book The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934). A theory or hypothesis is falsifiable (or refutable) if it can be logically contradicted by an empirical test.