What could a scientist do to determine what era the Eocene Period belongs to on the geologic time scale?

What is unique about the members of the group of fungi to which penicillium notatum belongs? they are not important for medicine. they are not made up of hyphae. they are used in fermentation. they lost the reproductive phase.

This is the process of making a prediction based on the results of prior observations of similar events.

Astudent 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.