The First Step in the Scientific Process Is

question 32

Multiple Choice

The first step in the scientific process is:

• A) setting up a laboratory.
• B) conducting experiments.
• C) making observations.
• D) inducing a testable hypothesis.
• E) using deductive reasoning.

Understand the concept of utility and how it is related to consumer satisfaction.

Explain the principle of diminishing marginal utility.

Apply the concept of marginal utility in consumer decision-making and utility maximization.

Determine the utility-maximizing combination of products within a budget constraint.

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Definitions:

Classification

The systematic organization of living organisms into categories based on shared features or evolutionary relationships.

Hominin Clade

The hominin clade comprises all the species belonging to the human lineage after it split from the chimpanzee lineage, including modern humans, their ancestors, and closely related species.

Species

A category in the classification of organisms, referring to a group that can reproduce amongst itself and produce fertile offspring.

Bipedality

The ability to walk upright on two legs, a key feature distinguishing humans and some other species from quadrupedal animals.