A teacher suspects that her students are unusually quiet during her Monday morning classes because they stay up late on Sunday nights. She believes that if she monitored the times they went to bed,
she would find that the sleepy ones went to bed later than the more alert ones. In scientific terms, her hunch, or suspicion of what she would find if she monitored her students is called a ______.
a. theory
b. hypothesis
c. prognosis
d. postulate
b
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While riding on a train, David notices that the trees and telephone poles close to the tracks seem to flash by, while the buildings, trees, and mountains that are farther away seem to move by more slowly. This phenomenon is called_____________
a. aerial perspective b. subliminal motion c. motion parallax d. motion differential
The clouds are finally gone, and the sun is shining brightly, so you decide to "catch a few rays." Unfortunately, you spend too much time in the sun and have a severe sunburn
Which neurons send messages from your burned skin to your brain to inform you of the pain from the burn? a) motor neurons b) sensory neurons c) synaptic neurons d) association neurons