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Why is this considered a nonscientific question?
"What color is a great horned owl?"

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The question "What color is a great horned owl?" does not require the scientific method to be used for getting an answer hence, it is not a scientific question. This question does not require any hypothesis or any other method. It can easily be answered by just looking at the horned owl.

A scientific question has to be a question from which a hypothesis can be made. The hypothesis can be tested through experiments and observations. Results and conclusions from the experiments would result in answering that question.

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