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What is a scientific hypothesis? What characteristics must a hypothesis have to be useful in science?

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A hypothesis is an idea or proposition that can be tested by observations or experiments, about the natural world. In order to be considered scientific, hypotheses are subject to scientific evaluation

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the initial building block in the scientific method. Many describe it as an "educated guess", based on prior knowledge and observation.

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