W a Science Teacher Wants to Provide Students with Practice

question 8

Multiple Choice

W A science teacher wants to provide students with practice in forming hypotheses. Which of the following would be the most appropriate activity?

• A) Provide students with a microscope slide of swamp water, some salt water, and a microscope. Ask them to tell what would happen to the microscopic organisms if they were subjected to the salt water, and then have them do it.
• B) Provide students with pictures of several endangered species of animals in their natural habitats, and ask them to name each type of habitat.
• C) Provide students with an earthworm, some sugar solution, and some vinegar, and ask them to tell which the earthworm will be more attracted to, and then try it.
• D) Provide students with seedlings and covered boxes, each of which is illuminated with a different colored Christmas tree light bulb, and ask them to tell which color or colors will foster the greatest plant growth, and then try it.
• E) All of the above
• F) None of the above

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