A student notices that when bananas are kept near other fruits, the other fruits ripen faster. She wonders what causes the other fruits to ripen more quickly and thinks that bananas must have an influence on the ripening process. She decides to perform an experiment. She gathers bananas and apples and places an apple by itself at location A and an apple next to a banana at location B. She then waits for five days and records the how ripe each apple is.

What would be the next step in this experiment?

A.

ask questions and construct a hypothesis

B.

analyze the results and make a conclusion

C.

make observations and draw a conclusion

D.

construct a hypothesis and record data

The correct option is B) analyze the results and make a conclusion

Explanation:

The scientific method of research is based on the following steps:

Observations are made: In the following scenario, a student observed that t when bananas are kept near other fruits, the other fruits ripen faster.

Question: Based on the observation, a question is generated. In this scenario, the student had a question that will keeping bananas near any fruit increase the ripening process of the fruit.

Hypothesis: A hypothesis is the formation of a tentative statement.

Experiments: Based on the hypothesis, experiments are done to check for the results.

Analyzing the results and drawing conclusions: Results from the experiments are analyzed and conclusions are drawn which might prove the hypothesis to be correct or wrong.