After Observing the Interaction Between Rival Street Gangs, Jet Predicts

question 15

Multiple Choice

After observing the interaction between rival street gangs, Jet predicts that fighting between the gangs would decrease significantly if the existing "colors" (clothing) of the two gangs (one black and one red) were changed to pink and yellow. This prediction is most accurately thought of as a

• A) fact.
• B) hypothesis.
• C) theory.
• D) correlation.

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