501 Critical Reading Questions

b.
It cannot be discarded by a competing theory.
c.
It is a guess.
d.
It can make a broad and general prediction.
e.
It is always considered auxiliary.
396.
What is the best title for this passage?
a.
The Theory of Relativity
b.
The Scientific Method: A Step-by-Step Process
c.
The Two Stages of Proving Theories
d.
How to Form a Hypotheses
e.
Evaluating Data with the Scientific Method
397.
What is meant by the term 
operational definition
in line 28 
of the passage?
a.
a scientific law
b.
a theory
c.
a clear definition [of a measurement]
d.
scientific method
e.
hypothesis
398.
What do lines 37–48 of the passage indicate?
a.
The theory of general relativity is a hypothesis.
b.
Karl Popper proved the theory of relativity to be incorrect.