On Saturday mornings, some people drive to the shore of Lake Michigan and collec

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On Saturday mornings, some people drive to the shore of Lake Michigan and collect any shells they can find. They take has shells home, clean them, and place the shells in special display boxes so that others can view them. With the information available to you, which of the following best describes these activities? These people are doing science because they carefully group shells by similarities in color and shell pattern. These people are not doing science because they only collect the shells from a single location. These people are doing science because they are displaying the collection for others to see. These people are not doing science because they have no question or hypothesis about the shells. These people are doing science because this hobby them experts on the shells of Lake Michigan.

Explanation / Answer

Let us eliminate some options first.

Option 1: Incorrect. Because as per given information, people are not categorizing shells by any similarities.

Option 3: Incorrect. Because science has no relation with displaying your collection of objects or items to other.

Option5: Incorrect. Because as per given information, people are collecting ANY shells from shore of Lake Michigan. So, this hobby cannot make them experts.

Now, we are left with Option 2 and Option 4:

Option 2: Incorrect: Because comparison and study among shells can be done even for shells collected from even a single location.

So, finally we are left with Option 4, which sounds logical. Answer: OPTION 4

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