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One variable increases, then the other increases, as well.

Which term would best describe this scenario?

A) positive correlation

B) hypothesis

C) transitional form

D) causation

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Let’s look at the meaning of the options to see which on best suites the scenario;
A) Positive correlation
Positive correlation is a relationship between two variables in which both variables move in the same direction. This means that this suites the scenario quite well, for it causes other organisms to mov

B) Hypothesis
Hypothesis is a guess explanation made based on limited evidence as a starting line for further investigation. With that said, it has nothing to do with other variables, so this is incorrect

C) Transitional form
Transitional forms a merely fossils remains of a life form that displays traits identical to both an ancestral group, and its derived descendant group. This may have some thing to do with a variable, but does not in any way have any other variable it corresponds to. So, therefore, it is also incorrect.

D) Causation
Causation only causes something, but does not represent any thing in which it causes. However, it could trick you, but it is wrong as well.
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Answer:

(Q1) One variable increases, then the other increases, as well.

Which term would best describe this scenario?

(Answer) positive correlation

(Q2) Which kind of evidence is used by scientists to understand the intermediate states between an ancestral form and that of its descendants?

(Answer) transitional fossils

(Q3) By studying the limbs and fossils of different animals, such as a horse leg and a human leg, scientists have noticed that there are similarities in their bone structures. This is evidence that their bone structures and limbs may have evolved in similar ways.

Which statement is true about this scenario?

(Answer) The scenario is describing a relationship known as correlation.

(Q4) A fossil indicates that whales might have started out as small land mammals. This animal was about the size of a wolf and had a diet of meat and fish. While the fossil has the body of a land animal, its head is shaped like a whale with an ear bone that is unique to whales.

Which statement is likely true about the fossil?

(Answer) It is a transitional fossil that shows a correlation.

(Q5) When Charles Darwin published his book On the Origin of Species, he addressed his theory of descent with modification through

(Answer) natural selection.

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