Question

Which of the following is NOT a correct statement? A hypothesis can be supported or rejected by through experimentation A theory is a hypothesis supported by experimentation to explain an observation A hypothesis is an attempt to explain an observation. A hypothesis is the result of a single measurement or observation.

Answer 1

For the things happening or changes occurring around us which doesn't have any scientific explanation, a scientist or a group of scientist gives a explanation based on the observation. This given theory is called hypothesis, it needs not be correct always, it can be right or wrong. This hypothesis is the result of many measurement and a lot of observation.