Question

A biologist is studying how green sea turtles choose where to lay their eggs. She makes a hypothesis that because this species is related to other sea turtles through common ancestry, they probably all use the same process. This biologist formed her hypothesis using:________

a. A hunch
b. The unifying theory of evolution
c. Experimentation
d. The scientific method
e. Observations of green sea turtles' behavior

Answer 1

The correct answer, unequivocally, is (B).

- This is because she used her knowledge that, from an standpoint of evolution, these turtles were related to each other.

Answer 2

Option b

Step-by-step explanation:

Hypotheses are carried out as proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence which serves as a beginning point for further study.

The biologist in this case has a limited evidence with regards to this species which is just only about its ancestry, so her hypothesis was based on the unifying theory of evolution which is the framework within which biologists ask questions about the living world providing predictions with regards to directions about living things.