Which of the Following Statements Is the BEST Example of a Hypothesis

question 99

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is the BEST example of a hypothesis about human development?

• A) Cross-cultural studies have determined that human breast milk provides the ideal nutrition for infant brain development.
• B) Human breast milk contains nutrients that are essential for formation of neurons and synapses in an infant's developing brain.
• C) Because human breast milk is a superior form of nutrition for infants, all newly-delivered women should be encouraged to breast feed their infants.
• D) If breast milk is a superior supplement for infant brain development, children who were breast-fed as infants should perform better on psychological tests than children who were not breast fed.

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Definitions:

Center

The middle point of a shape, object, or group of points, often equidistant from all outer edges or surfaces.

Radius

The distance from the center to the circumference of a circle or sphere.

Parabola

A symmetrical, open curve that represents the graph of a quadratic function, defined as the set of all points equidistant from a point called the focus and a fixed line called the directrix.

Focus

A specific point used in the definition of conic sections, such as ellipses and hyperbolas, that helps determine their shape.