Ms.Juniper,an elementary school teacher,believes that children who play outdoors do better in school.She predicts that those children who play outside for at least half an hour each day will make better grades than those who stay inside all day.Which of the following terms best describes her predictions?
A) hypothesis
B) theory
C) inductive reasoning
D) deductive reasoning

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Ms. Juniper's predictions are based on a tentative assumption or educated guess; hence, it is a hypothesis. It is not a theory because it is not well-established and supported by substantial evidence, and it is not deductive or inductive reasoning since she is not using logical arguments or generalizations based on specific observations to reach her conclusion.

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