Question

some version of the scientific method many times in your litew the steps you were following proved to be an efficient and effective way U Note: extbook and laboratory manual were discovered and verified by the same scientific process you'll use in this exercise. All th e information, concepts, and relationships you'll read about in your we'll be summarizing hundreds of years of study and experi- , and on the During this course mentation. Information presented on television, in newspapers Internet often hasn't been confirmed by this same careful process and may not be correct. FORMING HYPOTHESES TO SOLVE PROBLEMS ACTIVITY 1 There are several ways that a problem can come to your attention. Someone may assign you the problem (this happens often in a school or a work situation), the problem may thrust itself upon you (your car won't start), or you may discover the problem by simply being curious about something you've seen. An easy way to attack the problem is to make an educated guess about the possible solution to the problem. It's an "educated" guess because you use all the background information that's available when making your guess. In scientific terms, an educated guess is called a hypothesis. Let's begin with a simple situation that you might face in your college education.

Answer 1

A: The instructions had a problem. Either the room mate copied it wrong or the professor gave out a wrong version. Repeat experiment with correct version of the same.

B. The instructions weren't followed properly because of the hurry. Repeat experiment while following the instructions to the letter.

C. The chemicals weren't labelled properly or contained impurities. Repeat experiment with a fresh batch of chemicals.