Matching Based on the Olestra Potato Chip Experiment Conducted by Researchers

question 51

Short Answer

Matching
Based on the Olestra potato chip experiment conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, match the following letters to the number with which they best correspond.
-Percentages are about equal. Therefore, Olestra is not the cause of intestinal cramps observed in some people who have ingested Olestra-containing food.
A)observation
B)hypothesis
C)prediction
D)experiment
E)control group
F)experimental group
G)the variable
H)results
I)conclusion

• A)observation
• B)hypothesis
• C)prediction
• D)experiment
• E)control group
• F)experimental group
• G)the variable
• H)results
• I)conclusion

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Definitions:

Estrogen

A group of steroid hormones that play an essential role in the regulation of the reproductive and menstrual cycle.

Progestin

A synthetic form of progesterone used in contraceptives and hormone therapy.

Vasectomy

A permanent method of birth control in which each vas deferens is severed or blocked off, thereby preventing sperm from entering the vas deferens and mixing with seminal fluids to form semen.

Prostate Gland

A muscular gland encircling the urethra that produces about one third of the seminal fluid.