Which of the following are examples of how physical geographers use the scientific method?
A) collecting water samples from a number of streams and conducting chemical analyses on them to test the hypothesis that water in streams in the region is acidic
B) mapping the distribution of a particular soil type across the United States
C) collecting land-cover data from a series of aerial images and examining the change in different types of land cover through time to test the hypothesis that the amount of agricultural area in a particular region has decreased over time.
D) all of these
E) a and c only

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Physical geographers use the scientific method by forming hypotheses and testing them through data collection and analysis, as seen in choices A and C. Mapping, as in choice B, is more descriptive and not necessarily hypothesis-driven.

Which of the Following Are Examples of How Physical Geographers