A scientist is analyzing tissue samples from an Asian elephant and an extinct woolly mammoth. When he sequences their DNA, he finds the genetic information of these animals to be about 99% identical, but not exactly the same. Can this information be used as evidence for evolution?

Cold case files recently began re-investigating an old murder case. the murder took place in the park; a young man, james, was hit over the head with a brick and killed. police suspected the jealous former boyfriend of james' wife, karen. whoever killed james may have washed their hands in a near-by bird bath as detectives found blood in the bird bath. since the murder took place before dna fingerprinting was available, the suspected killer, ronnie, went free. detectives are now reviewing the blood evidence using dna fingerprinting. based on the dna fingerprints of all possible suspects, who is james' killer?

Categorize each term as something that is typical of a scientific theory, a scientific hypothesis, or both. makes predictions

Ruby is conducting an investigation. an advantage of her design is that she can use a large range of variables, with that she can not be sure that one variable is the cause of another. what kind of investigation is ruby most likely conducting?