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question 3 (1 point) an experiment is carried out to determine the speed at which tomato plants grow at various temperatures. the scientists hypothesize that the plant will grow fastest at 30 degrees celsius. they carry out their experiment and find that the plants do grow fastest at 30 degrees celsius. what can they conclude from this experiment? all types of plants must grow fastest at 30 degrees celsius the hypothesis is proven false the hypothesis is supported the hypothesis is proven true
In scientific experiments, a hypothesis can only be supported or refuted, not proven true or false in an absolute sense. The experiment only shows that the plants did not grow fastest at 30 degrees Celsius as hypothesized, thus refuting the hypothesis.
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The hypothesis is proven false