Answering the Question of "How" Something Works Is Most Closely

question 29

Multiple Choice

Answering the question of "how" something works is most closely associated with which goal of science?

• A) the search for truth
• B) application and control
• C) measurement and description
• D) understanding and prediction

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Definitions:

Lysogenic Pathway

A type of viral lifecycle where the virus integrates its genetic material into the host's genome, replicating alongside it without causing immediate lysis.

Viral DNA

Genetic material in the form of DNA that composes the genome of a virus.

Cyanobacteria

Photosynthetic, aquatic organisms that can produce oxygen during photosynthesis, part of the bacterial kingdom.