Driving from Maine to Florida, you observe that squirrels living in the southeastern United States are much thinner than squirrels living in the northeastern part of the country. You tell your friend that you have a theory that squirrels living in the northeast have greater fat reserves for the winter months when food is scarce. Which of the statements are true? Select all that apply.

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Explanation:

The available options to the question are:

The correct answer would be that:

A hypothesis is a generalized statement with little or no experimental test. When a hypothesis is tested using a suitable experiment (s), it can either become valid or invalid. In order words, hypotheses are falsifiable. A theory on the other hand is a hypothesis that has been tested several times by independent researchers and found to be true.

In the illustration, the statement made concerning the squirrels is based purely on guess and not on fact. The use of the word 'theory' in the statement is totally unscientific. Only suitable experiments can prove or disprove the statement.

The correct options are 2 and 3.

answer; polycythemia is the correct answer;

unicellular organisms, like bacteria, are able to perform all life functions within one single cell. multicellular organisms need many different types of cells to carry out the same life processes. each of these special types of cells has a different structure that it perform a specific function.