Which of the following statements best describes why creating a hypothesis is an important step in a scientific investigation? *

A. The hypothesis is actually the first step in the scientific method.
B. The hypothesis guides the researcher towards the results of the experiment.
C. The hypothesis provides the steps needed to analyze the data to reach conclusions,
D. The hypothesis provides a prediction about what might happen during the experiment
based on prior research.
Students are studying the effects of beach pollution by counting

7. using your knowledge of colligative properties explain whether sodium chloride or calcium chloride would be a more effective substance to melt the ice on a slick sidewalk. use 3 – 4 sentences in your explanation. 8. when a 2.5 mol of sugar (c12h22o11) are added to a certain amount of water the boiling point is raised by 1 celsius degree. if 2.5 mol of aluminum nitrate is added to the same amount of water, by how much will the boiling point be changed? show all calculations leading to your answer or use 3 – 4 sentences to explain your answer. 9. if 5.40 kcal of heat is added to 1.00 kg of water at 100⁰c, how much steam at 100⁰c is produced? show all calculations leading to an answer. 10. the freezing of water at 0⁰c can be represented as follows: h2o (l) ↔ h2o(s) the density of liquid water is 1.00 g/cm3. the density of ice is 0.92 g/cm3. in 3 – 4 sentences explain why applying pressure causes ice to melt.