This is the process of making a prediction based on the results of prior observations of similar events.

Recent research by marine biologists suggests that bottlenose dolphins have names for themselves. scientists played sounds they had identified as the names of particular dolphins, putting them through a synthesizer so that they did not sound like the voices of particular dolphins. the researchers found that dolphins would respond to the names of other dolphins that they were related to or associated with, but they ignored the names of strangers. this discovery suggests a much greater degree of self-awareness in aquatic mammals than was previously suspected. if this research holds up, what does it suggest about dolphins?

Which of these is most likely to happen if parallax measurements of star distances are taken after a gap of six months? the results would be accurate the results would be inconsistent the results would not be valid the results would not be repeated

Scientists discover two populations of mice on either side of a major river. the two populations have almost identical genes but the mice from one side cannot breed with mice from the other. this is most likely because