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jparksx

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Is the scientific method a hypothesis? How do you know?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Assume a textbook shows a diagram of the solar system on, say, a standard notebook-sized sheet. The orbits of eight planets are sketched around the Sun at the center. The planets and orbits are drawn large enough that features like continents on Earth or the rings of Saturn are clearly visible. The Sun is drawn large enough that sunspots are clearly visible. Discuss what is wrong or right with this diagram.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

No, the scientific method is a process of which a hypothesis is one piece.

Answer to Question 2

The diagram is correct in that there are eight planets orbiting the Sun. It is incorrect in several ways. One, if the Sun and planets were drawn to scale, it would be impossible to make out surface features of the Sun or Earth, or the rings of Saturn. Two, although the planets orbit the Sun, the orbits are not perfect circles but ellipses.


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