Question

Part E Pretend you’re a researcher in charge of conducting new research on the flu virus. Identify four scientific questions you’d like to answer through your research.

Answer 1

Answer:

A scientific researcher performs scientific methods to answer any natural process. The researcher will follow the protocol of a scientific method which includes: observe the natural phenomenon, ask related questions, suggest a hypothesis, perform the experiment and suggest answers.

In the given question if the researcher has to study about the flu virus, the possible questions he would ask will be:

1. The life cycle of the flu virus.

2. Effect of the virus on the life of an organism.

3. The mechanism used by the virus to replicate and to infect any organism.

4. Molecular mechanism of a virus.

Answer 2

How this can be prevented/can vaccines help?
What age group is at risk?
Could it be lethal?
Why does this virus happen?