Exhibit 5-3: Evaluate the Adequacy of Each of the Following

question 23

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 5-3: Evaluate the adequacy of each of the following statements as a scientific hypothesis.
-Refer to Exhibit 5-3.Students' failure to read is the direct consequence of the irresponsibility of teachers.

• A) adequate hypothesis
• B) inadequate, not testable
• C) inadequate, no statement of relationship
• D) inadequate, not consistent with the existing body of knowledge

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Definitions:

Tool Production

The process of creating implements, often by hand or with machinery, used to perform a task or function, characteristic of human and some animal behaviors.

Foraging Behavior

The activities and strategies used by organisms to find and gather food resources in their environment.

Fruit Fly

A small fly used as a model organism in genetic research, known for its short life cycle and easily observable mutations.

Yeast

Single-celled fungus.