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Explanation:
Suppose that you and a friend see brightly colored pigeons like these at a nature park. Because pigeons are usually gray and white, you both wonder where these colors came from. Suddenly, your friend says, "I have a theory. These birds must get their colors from eating food that has the same colors."Is your friend's explanation a scientific theory? Give reasons to explain your answer
The answer is no. My friend's explanation is not a scientific theory.
A scientific theory is a tested and proven phenomenon. In order for a statement to become a theory, it must have been tested through experimentation by several independent researchers and found to be true. A mere statement based on perception with little or no experimental test is just a hypothesis and not a theory.
Instead of my friend to have said, "I have a theory", he should have said, "I have a hypothesis".
