WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS BEST DISTINGUISHES HYPOTHESES FROM THEORIES IN SCIENCE?
A. THEORIES ARE HYPOTHESES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVED.
B. HYPOTHESES ARE TENTATIVE GUESSES; THEORIES ARE CORRECT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT NATURE.
C. HYPOTHESES USUALLY ARE NARROW IN SCOPE; THEORIES HAVE BROAD EXPLANTORY POWER.
D. HYPOTHESES AND THEORIES MEAN ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING IN SCIENCE/
Here option C is correct. Hypothesis are drawn from some theory, a hypothesis can explain only one phenomenon but a theory in science can explain various phenomenon by it. For example Avogardro's hypothesis can only tell us that 1 mole consists of 6.023X10^23 molecules, but theory of Darwin's Natural Selection is applicable to all living beings, which have sexual mode of reproduction. Hence the best distinguishable character between hypothesis and theory is HYPOTHESIS USUALLY ARE NARROW IN SCOPE; THEORIES HAVE BROAD EXPLANATORY POWER.
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