Process, building on older in order to advance new ideas.
The development of science is usually a
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A)
gradual; knowledge
B)
scattershot; ideas
hasty, developments
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laboratory; institutions

A)  gradual; knowledge

Explanation:

Gradual building of knowledge over one another is fundamental way in which science is developed.

Science follows a systematic approach to study an observation. Each step of the scientific method is to build on existing and known idea about a particular phenomenon. An observation is made, questions asked, hypothesis formulated and experiments are designed to know how valid they are. Subsequent researches also builds on this flow of investigating a phenomenon.

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