Exam 13: Hypotheticalscientific Reasoning

The hypotheses leading to the discovery of Neptune and Radium can be called:

Hypothetical reasoning is used to produce an explanation for the occurrence of a phenomenon when:

One problem relating to the proof of hypotheses is that:

If an implication derived from a hypothesis turns out to be true, then:

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

One of the functions of a hypothesis is to:

The ability of Pasteur's hypothesis to suggest procedures for maintaining sterile conditions in hospitals is an illustration of:

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:

One of the implications of the radium hypothesis was:

The key problem underlying the discovery of radium was:

The biologist John Needham hypothesized that:

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

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 Pasteur's hypotheses was that:

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

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

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

The extent to which a hypothesis suggests new ideas for future analysis and confirmation is a measure of its:

One of the hypotheses Pasteur offered to explain the emergence of microbes in sterilized nutrient solutions was that:

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