A Biologist Listens to Frogs Singing at a Local Pond

question 57

Multiple Choice

A biologist listens to frogs singing at a local pond and hypothesizes that the sounds are mating calls.What would be the next step in the hypothesis-prediction method?

• A) Controlling an environment
• B) Making an observation
• C) Forming a hypothesis
• D) Making a prediction
• E) Testing a prediction

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