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.

D

Explanation:

"Hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left" is the step among the choices given in the question that would come first in her application of the scientific method. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the fourth option or option "D".

The correct answer is the last statement.

Explanation:

An ant possesses the tendency to find and bring the food back to the colony. In the given question, it is a topic of debate that how the ants manage to navigate through together. Various experiments have shown that the ants who are not involved in carrying food or other items mark the ground with some kind of chemical scents.  

Thus, in the case, if a student desires to perform a scientific method to find that how the ants determined the trail, then he or she should hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail, which was left by the previous ant along the path.  

Therefore, the hypothesis that the ants can solve issues, which need adjustment of the orientation cues and learns to forage on a single directional traffic system would be the first objective of the experiment.  

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