Question

"I think the climate is changing," Ben's father said. "Every summer there are more and more hurricanes." Ben's mother did not agree with him. Ben had an idea. They could track the number of hurricanes that coming summer and compare the number to past summers. What would be a testable question for Ben's hurricane research? A) Is the climate onEarth changing? B) How many hurricanes will there be this year? C) Is the number of hurricanes increasing each year? D) The number of hurricanes is increasing year after year.

Answer 1

Based on the given conversation above between Ben and his parents, the testable question for the hurricane research of Ben is option C: "Is the number of hurricanes increasing each year?" This is the testable question since they are arguing about the number of hurricanes in the past summers. Hope this helps.