Hypothesis
Cancer
A tentative proposal made to explain certain observations or facts that requires further investigation to be verified.
Astrophysics
An educated guess.
- — The Universe Adventure Glossary retrieved 2014-05-20
Renewable Energy
A proposition tentatively assumed. Science tests the logical consequences of a hypothesis against facts that are known or that may be determined.
- — ODOE Glossary of Energy Terms retrieved 2014-06-15
Climate Change
a suggested explanation for a phenomena that requires further testing by scientific research. If a hypothesis is tested and supported by enough scientific studies, it becomes a theory, or commonly-accepted scientific principle.