Match the following letters to the number with which they best correspond.

A. Obesity rates are increasing.
B. What are some causes of obesity?
C. Drinking sugary drinks leads to obesity.
D. People who regularly consume sugary drinks with their meals will have a higher likelihood of being obese than people who do not.
E. This is a generalization that describes a consistent natural phenomenon for which there is incomplete scientific explanation.
F. Hypothesis that has not been disproven after many years of rigorous testing.
G. Compile test results and draw conclusions from them.
H. Submit the results and the conclusions to the scientific community.


A. Observation
B. Question
C. Hypothesis
D. Prediction
E. Law of nature
F. Scientific theory
G. Assessment
H. Report

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