Question

complete the table by checking the correct column(s) for each description.

1. studying genes and inheritance
2. forecasting personality by reading bumps on the head
3. observing interactions of organisms in the environment
4. peers reviewing investigations and experiments
5. telling the future by reading lines on the palms
6. forming untestable hypotheses based on nonscientific literature
7. forming testable hypotheses based on observations and questions
8. communicating experimental findings and offering data for peer review

description
science
pseudoscience

Explanation:

1. Studying genes and inheritance is a scientific activity as it is based on well - established scientific methods and research.
2. Forecasting personality by reading bumps on the head (phrenology) is a pseudoscience as there is no scientific basis for it.
3. Observing interactions of organisms in the environment is scientific, using standard ecological and biological observation methods.
4. Peer - reviewing investigations and experiments is a key part of the scientific process to ensure validity.
5. Telling the future by reading lines on the palms (palmistry) is a pseudoscience with no scientific evidence.
6. Forming untestable hypotheses based on nonscientific literature is not scientific as hypotheses need to be testable.
7. Forming testable hypotheses based on observations and questions is a scientific approach.
8. Communicating experimental findings and offering data for peer review is a scientific practice.

Answer:

1. Science
2. Pseudoscience
3. Science
4. Science
5. Pseudoscience
6. Pseudoscience
7. Science
8. Science