Question

a collection of ideas and beliefs that sound like science but is not supported by evidence, such as astrology, is known as:
a. pseudoscience
b. theory
c. fact
d. law
deja and zhi conducted an experiment to test their hypothesis that male eggs of the american alligator only hatch at high temperatures. they conducted an experiment and their results were organized in the data table above. they concluded very high temperatures killed unhatched alligators. what comment(s) would you make to deja and zhi regarding their conclusions?
alligator egg data

alligator group	temperature	males hatched	females hatched	unhatched	total eggs
b	30℃	69	25	6	100
c	31℃	44	48	8	100
d	32℃	11	74	15	100
e	33℃	2	68	30	100

Explanation:

1. For the first - part, pseudoscience consists of ideas and beliefs that seem scientific but lack evidential support, like astrology. A theory is a well - supported explanation, a fact is something proven to be true, and a law describes a natural phenomenon.
2. For the second - part, Deja and Zhi may have a confounding variable problem. Just because at high temperatures there are more unhatched alligators doesn't necessarily mean high temperatures killed them. There could be other factors like oxygen availability, humidity, or egg viability that were not controlled for. Also, they only tested the hypothesis about male eggs hatching at high temperatures, and the conclusion about high temperatures killing unhatched alligators is an over - generalization from the initial hypothesis.

Answer:

a. Pseudoscience
Their conclusion may be inaccurate due to possible confounding variables and over - generalization from the initial hypothesis.