Select the correct text in the passage.
Which statement is a hypothesis?
Jada decides to investigate the effectiveness of hand sanitizers compared to soap. She says that hand sanitizers are as effective as soap in destroying bacteria. Many sanitizers have alcohol as their main component. She performs a study in which people use sanitizers for one week and then soap for another week. She then examines the bacterial count.
She says that hand sanitizers are as effective as soap in destroying bacteria.
The correct statement in the passage that is a hypothesis is: "Hand sanitizers are as effective as soap in destroying bacteria."
To select the correct text in the passage, we need to identify a statement that represents a hypothesis. A hypothesis is a proposed explanation or prediction that can be tested and is typically based on observations or prior knowledge. In this passage, the hypothesis can be found in the following statement:
"Jada says that hand sanitizers are as effective as soap in destroying bacteria."
This statement proposes that hand sanitizers and soap have equal effectiveness in destroying bacteria. This is a hypothesis because it is a testable prediction about the relationship between hand sanitizers and soap in regards to their effectiveness in killing bacteria.