Liquid as first of all, the particles aren't compact ( which would mean solid) nor are they spread out ( which would mean gas) nor is it plasma as we aren't given protons or electrons.
Other hawks, eagles, owls can prey on them. The Goshawk is well known for removing any competitors from it's territory, even larger species. Large owls sometimes take hawks that are roosting at night or even when they are incubating eggs. Any type of cat, or dog, or marten, indeed any carnivorous mammal.
A hypothesis can become A. a scientific theory if it is supported by repeated experimentation.
The main difference between inductive and deductive reasoning is that when we're doing inductive reasoning we're trying to create formal rules or formal inferences from a limited set of information, while during deductive reasoning, we're trying to deduce what would happen in a certain case based on general information available.
