Exam 13: Hypotheticalscientific Reasoning
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The ability of the atmospheric pressure hypothesis to link the behavior of barometers with the behavior of siphons and vacuum pumps is an illustration of:
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Pasteur's hypothesis involving spontaneous generation was:
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In regard to the discovery of Neptune, the work of Adams and Leverrier:
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One of the hypotheses Pasteur offered to explain the emergence of microbes in sterilized nutrient solutions was that:
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The ability of Kepler's hypothesis to account for the position of the planets with greater accuracy than Copernicus's relates to the issue of:
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A key discovery underlying Marie Curie's hypothesis about radium was that:
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Which of the following problems would likely require a hypothetical explanation?
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If an implication derived from a hypothesis turns out to be true, then:
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One of the implications of the atmospheric pressure hypothesis was:
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The ability of Pasteur's hypothesis to suggest procedures for maintaining sterile conditions in hospitals is an illustration of:
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The degree to which a hypothesis does not conflict with other, well established hypotheses is a measure of its:
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Prior to the work of Louis Pasteur, the emergence of organisms such as worms, frogs, and eels was explained by:
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The extent to which a hypothesis suggests new ideas for future analysis and confirmation is a measure of its:
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In relation to earlier theories, Maxwell's theory of the electromagnetic field, which unified the phenomena of light, electricity, and magnetism, is:
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The hypotheses leading to the discovery of Neptune and Radium can be called:
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Hypothetical reasoning is used to produce an explanation for the occurrence of a phenomenon when:
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