What this student is doing is collecting data. So, he wants to check how many life forms there are in the waters nearby. In order to do so, he has to take a sample, and look at it through a microscope so as to determine the number. So, he collected a sample which is his data. He is not drawing conclusions yet, but rather counting these organisms. He is not making a peer review - his peers aren't even mentioned here. He is not forming a hypothesis because he is just counting at this point.
Answer:
E = The activation energy barrier for this reaction can not easily be surmounted.
Explanation:
Starch:
Starch is a polymeric carbohydrate consist of various glucose units join together through glycosidic bonds.
Reason why it is not dissolve at room temperature:
When starch is added into water it form granules with cold water and can be soluble by heating.
At a room temperature the starch does not readily decompose to from the solution by decomposing into simple sugar because the activation energy barrier for this reaction can not easily be surmounted at a room temperature.
