I need help plz:) 1. Take each of the following statements and qualify it as sci

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I need help plz:)

1. Take each of the following statements and qualify it as scientific or nonscientific based on the six CONPTT criteria. To qualify as science or as a scientific statement all 6 criteria of the CONPTT are satisfied, then it may be a protoscience. If none are satisfied, then it may be a nonscience or pseudoscience. must be used and all must be satisfied. If most, but not all Fill in the Table below. Place an X in each criteria where the statement is true. Remember, if science, ALL the boxes will be marked Statement CONPTT 1. College students eat more pizza than other age groups 2. Extraterrestrials have visited Earth 3. The Bemmuda Triangle causes ships and planes to sink and disappear 4. The number of human chromosomes was once "known" to be 48, but is now x considered to be 46 5. Some plants eat meat. 6. If you are a Scorpio, your horoscope for today is: "Lunar position highlights back pay, refunds, correction of accounting error." 7. Green plants convert sunlight into energy 8. The coastlines of Africa and South America appear to fit together. 9. At one time it was thought the heart pumped blood out of a large container as an "open system" but now it is known that blood circulates in a closed system. 10. The moon is composed of green cheese

Explanation / Answer

1) This statement is observable:"college students" can eat more pizza than others.

This statement is natural too, as it can be defied by some sort of natural power.(may be hunger was the cause).

This statement is also predictable but the statement is not consistent as "college students" not always can eatmore pizza. It is not even tentative.

2)Does not fulfill any of the criterias.

3)Inconsistent,Observable,Natural,Testable,predictable,Non tentative.

4)Consistent,Observable,Natural,predictable,Testable,Tentative.

5) Consistent,Observable,Natural,predictable,Testable,Tentative.

6) Inconsistent,Observable,Unnatural,unpredictable,Testable,Non Tentative.

7)Consistent,Observable,Natural,predictable,Testable,Tentative.

8)Inconsistent,Observable,Natural,predictable,Testable,Tentative.

9)Consistent,Observable,Natural,Testable,Tentative.

10) Inconsistent,unobservable,Unnatural,unpredictable,Testable,Non Tentative.

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