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What is a hypothesis scientists use to explain the movement of tectonic plates?
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Explain Harry Hess contribution to Plate Tectonic Theory?
Harry Hess developed the idea of sea floor spreading. Which help better prove Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift Hypothesis.
What happens if a hypothesis does not explain an observation?
If a hypothesis does not explain an observation, it is rejected. A hypothesis is basically just an educated guess, so it could be wrong, or right.
Explain how the boundaries of tectonic plates can be inferred from the location of earthquakes and volcanoes?
no
Explain how volcanoes change the earth's surface?
by the moment of the tectonic plates
How does the existence of organisms in hot springs relate to the scientific hypothesis of how life forms arose on earth?
That's a bit of a nonsense question. The existence of life is consistent with *any* and *every* hypothesis that tries to explain the existence of life, scientific or not. The existence of life is the very thing that the hypothesis is trying to explain, so necessarily the hypothesis assumes it and must therefore be consistent with it. The same goes for the *kind* of life we find on Earth: since any scientific hypothesis must explain the life we find here, such a hypothesis must necessarily be consistent with the life we find.
How does the earthquake in japan have to do with science?
Science tries to explain the world. Many scientists study the movement of tectonic plates that cause earthquakes.
What is the therory that explain the movement of tectonic plates?
Continental drift
With what scientists proposed the meteorite impact hypothesis to explain the extinction of the?
Dinosaur?
What do scientists call theories that explain all the evidence?
I think they call it ''HYPOTHESIS''
What do scientists use to answer questions?
The scientific process. 1. Observe 2. Create a hypothesis to explain what you observed 3. Experiment to test your hypothesis
Why did other scientist not believe Alfred Wegener hypothesis?
he had few supporters and he had no mechanism to explain movement
What process do scientists use to answer questions?
a trial. sometimes called a clinical trial.
Why do scientists consider every hypothesis valuable A. A hypothesis requires no further investigation if it is proved by the experiment. B. A hypothesis can be used to explain a conclusion even if it?
B. A hypothesis can never be proven. It can be supported, unsupported, or partially supported by the experimental evidence. The experimental data resulting from a tested hypothesis can be used to formulate a new hypothesis.
Explain why a hypothesis must be testable and falsibable but not provable?
A hypothesis must be testable and able to be proved false because it is an educated guess based on other facts connected to the hypothesis. It must be testable so other scientists can agree with the hypothesis. It is not able to be provable because it is an educated guess.
What was the main reason scientists rejected Wegener's theory of continental drift?
Basically, they rejected it because he could not explain how tectonic plates moved and also because he was not a geologist.
How does Wegener's hypothesis explain why earth's surface must be moving?
These layers of sedimentary rock were once horizontal. Then crustal movement folded and tilted them.
Scientific method examples?
SCIENTIFIC METHOD is a process and principles that guides scientific investigations. It is defined as the making of careful observation and experiments and latter using the data obtained to formulate general principles. The scientific method begins with recognizing problem. Usually curiosity helps us recognize problem. Second, the scientists gathers and organize the data regarding the problem. In this way, instead of discovering things already discovered, the scientists utilizes the work of preceding scientists. This is how science progresses. Third, the scientists attempts to explain the phenomenon in a working hypothesis. The hypothesis is made even before an experiment is made. Fourth, he plans experiment to test the validity of the hypothesis. If the experiment supports the hypothesis, the scientists then can formulate a more definite theory to explain the observe facts.
