Question

Why might an idea or hypothesis be discarded? A. If another scientist doesn't like it. B. If evidence also supports another hypothesis. C. If it is tested and the evidence does not support it. D. If a politician disagrees with it.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. If it is tested and the evidence does not support it.

Explanation:

A hypothesis is more less a scientific guess. Before such a guess or prediction is made, empirical observations and deductions are first made. It is from the result of the observations that a hypothesis statement is made.

For a hypothesis to become widely adopted and accepted, it must be testable within the limits of the experiment as described by the proposer. When subjected to test and it agrees, the status of a hypothesis can be upgraded.

If the hypothesis is tested and evidence contrasts the result being sort for, a hypothesis will be discarded.