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1. You watch as a colony of ants builds a large mound of dirt outside. What is the name of this first step of the scientific method?
2. You decide to do some research on ants to help you better understand their behavior. What would probably NOT be a good source for information about ants?
3. During your research, you may have questions about ants' behavior that you can create an experiment to answer. Which of these is NOT a good question to ask?
4. After asking your question, you should use your research and common sense to make an educated guess to answer it. What is the name of this step in the scientific method?
5. You decide to use four different types of foods to see what the ants prefer to eat. What step of the scientific method are you designing now?
6. When preparing your foods for the ants is it important that each food is about the same size, weighs the same amount and is weighed before the test?
7. You decide to use sugar, salt, bread crumbs, and red pepper as the foods in your experiment. What is the best way to offer these foods to the ants?
8. Now you weigh your food samples before and after the experiment to see how much of each the ants ate. What is it called when you look at your data?
9. After looking at your numbers, you notice that the ants ate ten times as much sugar as the other three foods. You decide that ants prefer to eat sugar over the other three choices. What is this step called?
10. If your guess was correct that ants would prefer sugar over the other three foods, what would be a good next step?
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