There is evidence that wind can set the rocks moving when the ground becomes muddy or when thin layers of ice form beneath the rocks. This scenario has not been falsified by any tests conducted so far, and it is currently the favored explanation within the scientific community. What is the next step in the scientific process?

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Emilio Noble

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10 February, 05:44

There is evidence that wind can set the rocks moving when the ground becomes muddy or when thin layers of ice form beneath the rocks. This scenario has not been falsified by any tests conducted so far, and it is currently the favored explanation within the scientific community. What is the next step in the scientific process?

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Zimmerman · Answer 1

Make more predictions concerning this hypothesis and conduct further tests, suspending or revising the hypothesis if any of the tests are failed.

Explanation: Scientific process is a process though experiments are conducted in order to understand certain observations or hypothesis and give answers where possible.

Scientific process is a very strict process that require prudent and factual set of activities which must be proven and found to be true or correct. When a particular hypothesis has not be proven through scientific evidence or explain it has to be continued, more predictions and tests will be required till the accepted and proven outcomes / results are reached.