Read the scenario. 1.01:
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Hemlocks are a common type of tree in the northern forests of the United States. In studying one
forest, a forester noticed that mature hemlocks were abundant but there were very few young
hemlocks. She wondered why there were so few young hemlocks. By reading the records that other
foresters in that area had kept, she learned that the population of deer living in the forest had doubled
in the last five years. By reading studies on forests that other scientists had performed, she also
learned that deer in similar forests like to eat young hemlocks and the young trees of other species.
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1.01
In the scenario, the forester wonders why one forest had many mature hemlocks but very few young
hemlocks
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Which part of a scientific method does this best illustrate?
making an observation and asking a question
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communicating the results of a study
forming a hypothesis and stating a conclusion
asking a question and setting up an experiments