A population of shrimp suddenly starts collapsing. A biologist believes that toxins in the food chain are interfering with larvae development. A climate scientist believes that a change in water temperature is depleting food sources from the water. Why are both of these options valid scientific hypotheses?

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megans20 · Answer

A) Scientists with different educational backgrounds can come to different interpretations of the same data.
B) No educated guess can be considered a valid hypothesis since hypotheses are made before data collection.
C) Scientific debate is always continuing and the scientific community never discards a hypothesis.
D) Both scientists underwent the same training and, therefore, have equally valid scientific hypotheses.

megans20 · Answer

I've narrowed it done to A and C but I'm really not sure which one is correct.

megans20 · Answer

@Frozen15

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@Zach298

megans20 · Answer

For anyone in the future, I answered A and got it correct. (:

zach298 · Answer

You understand why its A.?