Somatic cells are diploid (2n) while gametes are haploid (n). In other words, gametes have half the number of chromosomes that somatic cells do.
Scientific inquiry refers to the stages and processes used to explain and investigate a question or problem of a scientific nature. The nine activities that scientists engage in as a part of scientific inquiry are; observation, defining the problem, forming a study question, researching the problem, stating the hypothesis, experimenting and gathering data, analyzing the results, reviewing the findings and communicating using different format.
