Leroy, Phoebe, and Miguel found skulls and jawbones in the Shell Oil Field. They noticed differences in each of the skulls or jawbones.  They wondered what factors they could use to determine which animals they were from.  What did each animal eat? Were they prey or predator?  Were they nocturnal or diurnal? They chose the following variables to analyze.

    a.    shape of teeth
    b.    location of eye socket
    c.    shape of eye socket

Construct a hypothesis for each variable listed above.
 

a.

b.

c.

Classifying and Inferring

Skull Choice 
 

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