Hallmarks of Science - modern science seeks e____ for observed phenomena that r__ solely on n____ causes. Science progresses through the c____ and t___ of models of nature that explain the o____ as simply as possible. Scientific model must make t____ predictions about natural phenomena that would f____ us to revise or abandon the model if the p____ do not agree with observations.
a) explanations, rely, natural, creation, testing, outcomes, tentative, force, persuade
b) explorations, rely, numerical, creation, tweaking, outcomes, testable, forces, prompt
c) evidences, depend, nonrational, creation, transmission, observations, temporal, functions, prop
d) expeditions, depend, null, creation, translation, occurrences, theoretical, features, perplex