each of these statements is a key characteristic of science, except: group of answer choices science focuses on explaining the natural world. science is based on the premise that things and events that happen in the natural world occur in consistent patterns that are comprehensible through careful systematic study. science is a process for producing knowledge which may be abandoned or modified in light of new evidence or reconceptualization of prior evidence and knowledge. scientists will never seek additional data once they confirm a hypothesis. both c and d.

scientists will never seek additional data once they confirm a hypothesis

Explanation:

All the options are characteristics of science except the one that says that scientists will never seek additional data once they confirm a hypothesis.

That a hypothesis is confirmed does not mean that scientists are done and dusted with that phenomenon. One of the reasons the experiments that are used to test hypotheses are usually reproducible is to allow for continuous testing even after hypotheses have been confirmed. Continuous confirmation of hypotheses by many independent researchers turns the hypotheses into law and from there, theories can become laws when they are overwhemingly accepted worldwide and test against a wide range of phenomena.

Generally, science is a process of producing knowledge about the natural world. A previously held belief in science can be abandoned or modified once new evidence emerges

the denominator has a very specific role.