Your Evolutionary Family Tree: Step 4 Hypothesis
YOU'RE THE SCIENTIST!
YOUR EVOLUTIONARY FAMILY TREE
The Scientific Method
STEP 4: HYPOTHESES
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EXAMPLE
A hypothesis (plural, hypotheses) is a preliminary explanation for a phenomenon.
It is usually written something like this:
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THE LAB
Now, write your hypothesis based on what you learned in Step 3 and record it in your Lab Notebook.
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