Which statement describes a falsifiable hypothesis?

• A. It means the hypothesis will be proven true.
• B. It means the hypothesis is guaranteed to fail.
• C. It means the hypothesis can be tested and potentially proven false.
• D. It means the hypothesis relies on qualitative data.

Answer: (C)

Falsifiability means a hypothesis is structured so it can be tested in a way that could show it is false. In science, a claim is meaningful only if you could imagine a test or observation that would contradict it. That openness to refutation keeps ideas honest and allows science to adapt when new evidence appears. So the best description is that the hypothesis can be tested and potentially proven false. It isn’t about guaranteed truth, guaranteed failure, or the type of data used; those aspects aren’t what falsifiability is about.