Exam 13: Hypotheticalscientific Reasoning

One of the implications of the radium hypothesis was:

Hypotheses that concern how something should be conceptualized are called:

Because Einstein's theory of relativity accounted for the precise time of certain eclipses with greater accuracy than did Newton's theory, Einstein's theory is:

The ability of Torricelli's hypothesis about atmospheric pressure to suggest the design of the barometer is an illustration of:

Hypothetical reasoning is typically used to produce:

The underlying problem that led to the discovery of Neptune was:

Suppose that a detective formulates the hypothesis that a pair of gloves found at the scene of a burglary belongs to the burglar. Such a hypothesis is called:

Prior to the discovery of atmospheric pressure, the failure of wine to pour from the bottom of a barrel unless an opening was made in the top was explained by:

One of the functions of a hypothesis is to:

One of the problems that led to the discovery of atmospheric pressure was:

One of the implications of the atmospheric pressure hypothesis is that:

The biologist John Needham hypothesized that:

An implication of the hypothesis leading to the discovery of Neptune was:

One of the hypotheses involved in the discovery of radium was:

One problem relating to the proof of hypotheses is that:

The agreement of Marie Curie's hypothesis about the existence of radium with Mendeleev's periodic table of the elements is an illustration of:

How well a hypothesis fits the facts it is intended to explain is a measure of its:

An example of an empirical hypothesis is:

Suppose an implication derived from a hypotheses turns out to be false. This occurrence:

Which of the following is NOT involved in the hypothetical method?