Chloe reads that given the correct conditions, cuttings from certain plants will form roots along the stem, enabling a new plant
— identical to the parent plant—to grow. Chloe wants to investigate whether rooting hormone is beneficial or detrimental in this process. She takes cuttings from a shrub. For Group 1, she places some shrub cuttings in potting soil in partial shade. For Group 2, she dips some shrub cuttings in rooting hormone, places them in potting soil, covers them with a clear dome, and places them in direct sunlight. She waters the groups equally. She pulls up some cuttings after 3 days and again after 6 and 9 days to observe and measure root growth. Write a hypothesis for Chloe's experiment.
The correct answer is - If you use the rooting hormone when cloning plants from cuttings, then it will be beneficial for the cuttings.
Explanation:
A hypothesis is a possible explanation or solution behind the particular natural world process or phenomenon. It is formed on the basis of the observation of the phenomenon or process, how it works or what characteristics it shows.
In this study, it is found that the root hormones promote the growth in the clonings from the cuttings of plants thus, the provided hypothesis is the correct hypothesis for the experiment given.
