Hypothesis Essay Examples Page 2

The leading hypothesis for the origin of the moon is the giant-impact hypothesis. The moon is believed to be the result of a giant impact between the Earth and Mars-sized astronomical body that occurred 4.5 billion years ago. This massive impact would have resulted in the loss of all gases from the debris of the…

Field Notes Developmental psychology studies involve the realization of an individual’s self- existence and the understanding of the dynamic changes which occur continually over the life of the individual from inception at birth until death. The scene is set in a beautiful nursery classroom with colorful pictures in the background which depict an environment of…

Industrializing states are investing in space and trying to catch up with industrialized countries. Latecomer’s advantage in relation to space technology indicates advantages especially in acquisition of new technologies. The Latecomer advantage hypothesis implies that late adopters of a technology have certain advantages in acquisition of new technologies over first adopters. From the provided case,…

The topic of the original creation of the earth is one that is heavily debated. There are two major theories as to how the earth was created: the nebular hypothesis and six day creation. The nebular hypothesis is almost always connected to the old-earth perspective where as six day creation is almost always associated with…

According to Michael Pollan, the tulip’s survival relies on its beauty as part of its evolutionary design. As a young boy, Pollan planted his first flower, a tulip, and later in adulthood rediscovered its beauty. He compares the human fascination with flowers to his childhood belief that flowers were “useless.” The attractiveness of the tulip…

The potato, as Michael Pollen describes in The Botany of Desire, has been transformed through artificial selection from a small node to a well-nourishing potato. He attempts to analysis the spud from his New Leaf potato garden from the perspective of the plant while all the while entertaining the idea that plants and people have…

The ways that your mind perceives happiness are interesting in their own unique way. There is one thing everyone wants and that is happiness. There is an issue with this. Is your happiness consisted of what satisfies you or the satisfaction of others? There is a concept discussed in Jonathan Haidt’s book The Happiness Hypothesis…

This paper explores the hypothesis that main human adaptations grew from response to environmental variability. This idea was advanced during research carried out by the Smithsonian’s Persons Origins Program. Natural collection was not always a matter of “survival of the fittest”. but also the survival of those which are most adaptable to altering surroundings. Paleoanthropologists…