Drag the part of the scientific method on the left to the example on the right i

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Drag the part of the scientific method on the left to the example on the right it best matches.

John uses mechanical “predators” to approach frogs at a pond shore, and he records the distance between predator and frog as the frogs jump. Part:  ____________

John writes up and sends out his experimental results for other scientists to critique. Part:  ____________

John thinks that frogs vary the proximity to which they allow predators to approach based on the size of the predator. Part:  ____________

John runs some statistics on his distances to see if he can find any significance in his data. Part:  ____________

On a walk around a pond John sees that small frogs on the shore only allow him to get within 2 meters before jumping into the water. Part:  ____________

Explanation / Answer

Part-A: John uses mechanical “predators” to approach frogs at a pond shore, and he records the distance between predator and frog as the frogs jump. Part:  __Data collection__________

Part-b: John writes up and sends out his experimental results for other scientists to critique. Part:  _Peer review___________

Part-c: John thinks that frogs vary the proximity to which they allow predators to approach based on the size of the predator. Part:  __hypothesis__________

Part-d: John runs some statistics on his distances to see if he can find any significance in his data. Part:  __analysis__________

Part-e: On a walk around a pond John sees that small frogs on the shore only allow him to get within 2 meters before jumping into the water. Part:  _observation___________

Reason: In case of scientific phenomenon (data is collected as mechanical "predators" were used to frogs at a pond shore, to record the distance between the predator and frog as the frogs jump), it is easier to obtain both this testable hypotheses because both dependent & independent variables can be easily identified, finally investigator can design (based on previous experimental results), perform an experiment to test the hypothesis (that frogs vary the proximity to which they allow predators to approach based on the size of the predator) whether it is true or false with inductive reasoning. Therefore, scientific knowledge is the knowledge that can be proven false. For example, a hypothesis is extensively tested and supported using several research studies & experiments that are performed by various scientists then the hypothesis is considered as “a scientific theory”.

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