Question

Some scientists ________ that by sensing a change in barometric pressure or electricity, certain species of fish may be able to portend seismic events; just before a recent earthquake, several fish were observed leaping into the air from the ocean. (SELECT TWO)

Answer 1

The possible answers are missing, luckily I found them in a google search.

A repudiate

B authorize

C foresee

D hypothesize

E question

F contend

Step-by-step explanation:

If you have to choose two of them, I would say the obvious answers are D hypothesize and E question, being the two of them the only ones who maintain the objective (scientific) point of view from the scientist who are making the research.

All the other possible answers go against the objetivism premise or make no sense at all:

• They cannot A "repudiate" if they are in a scientific research.
• They do not B "authorize" nature to act a way or another, they study it.
• They do not C "forsee", they make hyphotesis and talk about possible behaviours in nature.
• They do D hypothesize about nature
• They may E question certain theories abut nature behaviours
• They do not F "contend", they may argue, discuss or controvert

Hope this helps!