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A hiker is walking through an apple orchard growing two varieties of apple trees – Festival and Cool Crisp. This person notices that the leaves of all the trees are curled. This person wonders, “Are all apple leaves curled?”In order to answer the hiker’s question, which of the following would be the most useful hypothesis? A. All apple leaves are curled. B. If a leaf is from a fruit tree, then it will be curled. C. Some apple leaves are curled and others are not. D. Apple leaves may be curled.

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A hiker is walking through an apple orchard growing two varieties of apple trees – Festival and Cool Crisp. This person notices that the leaves of all the trees are curled. This person wonders, “Are all apple leaves curled?”In order to answer the hiker’s question, which of the following would be the most useful hypothesis? A. All apple leaves are curled. B. If a leaf is from a fruit tree, then it will be curled. C. Some apple leaves are curled and others are not. D. Apple leaves may be curled.

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The most useful hypothesis to answer the hiker's question would be A. All apple leaves are curled. This hypothesis directly addresses the hiker's question and can be tested by examining apple leaves from various apple trees, not just the Festival and Cool Crisp varieties. If the hiker finds even one apple leaf that is not curled, then the hypothesis is disproven.

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