In experiment #2 you are asked to use the scientific method to develop and execute a method of separating a mixture of sand, salt and iron pellets. Imagine you are in a lab and notice that a plate of bacteria grow faster in the presence of sunlight. After that single observation, you come to the conclusion that sunlight causes bacteria to grow fast. What would be the next step in the scientific method for this experiment?

1. separation can be done with help of magnetic bar and filtration.

2. the next step will be testing the hypothesis.

Explanation:

1. Separation of iron pellets from sand,  and salt first

Use a magnet

Due to magnetic force iron pallets will attach with it and separation will occur from sand and salt.

After separation of iron pallets, add water to mixture of sand and salt and heat until salt get dissolved then filter the salt water.

This will help in separating all three components of mixture to separate.

2. Bacteria growth

Hypothesis must be tested-

In this case a hypothesis and conclusion is represented. Conclusion is provided that in presence of sunlight growth of bacteria is faster. So the hypothesis must be verified by scientific experiment to be a valid theory by measuring or monitoring growth in presence of sunlight.

b is the correct answer

an individual’s sex (i.e., whether they are a male or female) is determined by the sex chromosomes. most people have two sex chromosomes, one that is inherited from their mother and one that is inherited from their father. typically, females have two x chromosomes (xx) and males have one x chromosome and one y chromosome (xy). conditions caused by changes (“mutations”) in genes located on the x chromosome are considered x-linked.

x-linked recessive inheritance

most x-linked conditions are recessive. this means that in a person with two x chromosomes (most females), both copies of a gene (i.e., one on each x chromosome) must have a change or mutation whereas in a person with one x chromosome (most males), only one copy of a gene must have a mutation. a female with a mutation in one copy of a gene on the x chromosome is said to be a “carrier” for an x-linked condition. a male with a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome is typically affected with the condition. because females have two copies of the x chromosome and males have only one x chromosome, x-linked recessive diseases are more common among males than females. however, x-linked recessive diseases can occur in both males and females.

for x-linked recessive disorders, an unaffected carrier mother who has a mutation in a gene on the x chromosome can transmit either the x chromosome with this mutation or a “normal” x chromosome to her children. if the father is unaffected, none of her daughters will be affected and all of her daughters will be unaffected—since they will inherit at least one normal x chromosome from their father. however, each daughter will have a 50% chance of being an unaffected carrier like her mother and a 50% chance of both x chromosomes being normal.