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?

a. perform an experiment by cleaning the scent away from part of the trail.

b. draw a conclusion that the ants follow a scent trail.

c. make a prediction about what the ants will do after she cleans away part of the trail.

d. hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left.

Option D

Explanation:

The scientific method is the process by which any theory or hypothesis is proved by help of scientific methods.

This method involves a series of step, these steps are hypothesis, theory,experiment, result and conclusion.

According to this, the first step in the scientific method is the hypothesis. IN this the hypothesis used is that the first ant leaves a scent from its tail which is being followed by the second one.

This hypothesis will be validated or rejected based on the experiment.

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