Your Best Friend Passes You in the School Hallway and Glares

Multiple Choice

Your best friend passes you in the school hallway and glares at you without speaking.You think, "Now, why did she do that?" One possible explanation could be that she saw you flirting with her boyfriend.Within the framework of the scientific method, that possible explanation for your friend's behavior would be considered a(n) _____, which will remain tentative until it has been tested.

A) theory
B) operational definition
C) hypothesis
D) relative certainty