question archive You are a mycologist studying Chestnut blight, a disease that has caused the extinction of all American chestnut trees worldwide
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You are a mycologist studying Chestnut blight, a disease that has caused the extinction of all American chestnut trees worldwide. You notice that Asian chestnut trees are beginning to get sick with the same symptoms exhibited by the American chestnut trees. You suspect that the same fungus has infected both types of Chestnut trees. This suspicion is a/an
A. theory
B. hypothesis
C. conclusion
D, observation
E. experiment
Answer:
B. hypothesis
Step-by-step explanation
This is a hypothesis which needs further experimental tests to either rule it out or confirm it.