Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function (Standalone Book)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780073403717
Author: Kenneth S. Saladin Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 5TYR
Which of the following embodies the greatest amount of scientific information?
- a. a fact
- b. a law of nature
- c. a theory
- d. a deduction
- e. a hypothesis
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Cannot be dedcued based on repeated observations without an experiment designed to test the hypothesis.
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Could be radically revised based on new scientific evidence.
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A basic principle derived from the study of nature that has never been disproven by scientific inquiry.
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It is a general and reliable explanation of important natural phenomena.
which of the following best describes the logic of scientific inquiry?
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