Question
A student sees several ants walking up a wall following the exact same trail that an ant took earlier. She wants to apply the scientific method to determine how the ants detected the trail. Which of these steps would come first in her application of the scientific method?
Perform an experiment by cleaning the scent away from part of the trail.
Draw a conclusion that the ants follow a scent trail.
Make a prediction about what the ants will do after she cleans away part of the trail.
Hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left.
Perform an experiment by cleaning the scent away from part of the trail.
Draw a conclusion that the ants follow a scent trail.
Make a prediction about what the ants will do after she cleans away part of the trail.
Hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The first step the student would take in applying the scientific method is to **hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left**. This step involves forming a hypothesis based on observations before conducting experiments or making predictions.