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Explain why it is important to replicate an experiment. Give at least one example of what could happen if important scientific experiments were not replicated.

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Replicating is to make sure everything went the same as the first time, making sure you don't get a different outcome. An example could be a plant fertilizer. It could work on a set of plants the first time but then the second time it didn't work as good.
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