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When a hypothesis has been supported by observations from numerous experiments, it may be referred to as a __________.

A. principle
B. law
C. observation
D. theory

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D. a theory because it has evidence that supports the hypothesis
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D.theory. Hypothesis is an idea or explanation of something that is based on a few know facts but that has not yet been proved to be true or correct. While a theory is a formal set of ideas that is intended to explain why something happens or exists.
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