We are out taking a walk one day when we notice two large fields. One is all grass while the other a mix of grass and native wil
d flowers. We wonder if there is a difference in the number of different bird species each field has using it. We think that the field with the grass and wild flowers will have more different bird species using it than the field with just the grass alone. We set up an experiment where we census the birds in each field. We census each field once a week for three months. Censuses are done on both fields at the same time and using the same techniques. We find that a total of 6 different bird species using the grass field and 10 different species using the grass and wildflower field. "We are out taking a walk one day when we notice two large fields. One is all grass while the other a mix of grass and native wild flowers." This is our…
A scientific approach to explain the natural phenomenon includes various steps which begin with the making the observation. The observation made the researcher skeptical to make a scientific question which could be answered by proposing a hypothesis.
The hypothesis must be tested through experiments which could prove and disprove the hypothesis ans can answer the scientific questions.
In the given situation of the question in which a person notices or observes the fields of grass and grass and native flower. This is the first step of the scientific method called "making an observation" and thus Option-B is the correct answer.
