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x y d. Richland College . BOL 1406 Physics fink iew.php?id-5952973 Print Calculato Periodic Table Question 7 of 20 Sapling Learning A great variety of predictions and hypotheses can be tested using the methods of science. Even so, there are some questions that do not lend themselves hypotheses that are scientifically testable and those that cannot be tested scientificaly to scientific testing Sort the statements as predictions or Scientifically testable Cannot be tested scientifically Colony collapse disorder occurs less often in bee colonies that visit a variety of plants. Strawberries taste nicer and look better when the plants are watered every other day Using torture to interrogate prisoners is Taking vitamin C supplements every day will decrease the likelihood of a cold Meditating daily reduces the recurrence of depression in those who have had depression before. even if the information gained torture saves lives A person's soul is separate from his or her body and the soul will continue to exist even after the person dies bout s arees 20FA ARTS-1301. dos privacy policyms of use contactus help quiz on syiabus an- docs 2

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Good hypothesis is able to be tested using validated techniques and is created from careful research and logical reasoning.

1. Taking vitamin C supplements every day will decrease a likelihood of catching cold- scientifically testable.

This hypothesis can be tested by taking a few subjects. For example, for this hypothesis, some 100 subjects can be taken randomly and then supplements of vitamin C should be given them daily, maybe for a period of 1 year and then incidence of cold should be tested. It will reveal how many subjects are catching cold frequently and how many are not?

2. Medicating daily reduces the recurrence of depression in those who have had depression before- scientifically testable.

This can also be tested scientifically by choosing the patients of depression and giving them daily medications and then see the effect of those medications that whether daily medications have improved the mental health of depression patients or not.

3. Colony collapse disorder occurs less often in bee colonies that visit a variety of plants scientifically testable

this can be tested by monitoring a colony of bees visiting different plants and seeing the difference in the outcome when they visit few plants and also when they visit many plants .

4.Strawberries taste nicer and look better when the plants are watered every other day- NON TESTABLE

As this can be not found out that only water is responsible for their good appearance. This means that if we observe few strawberry plants after watering them daily we cannot find out whether strawberries became nicer due to this reason only. Strawberries to have good appearance depends on several factors like the balance of sweetness and acidity is very important to the taste of a strawberry, so this hypothesis is difficult to test scientifically.

4.person's soul is separate from his or her body and the soul will continue to exist even after the person dies -non testable

Science does not believe in the soul, though it believes in DNA. So science cannot test this hypothesis when the soul is not accepted in the science. Though it can be modified that if we believe that soul is made up from DNA then it can be tested and has been proved that DNA continues through several generations as the DNA replication is semiconservative.

5.Using torture to interrogate a prisoner is wrong even if the information gained through torture saves lives.-non testable

we cannot assess how the torture modifies or reveals the information from a prisoner scientifically.

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