Question

scientists in the 1950s performed an investigation to test whether organic compounds could beproduced by stimulating the conditions of primitive earth. They placed a simple compoundsthey thought existed in the atmosphere of early earth in a heated vessel and used electricsparks to stimulate lightning. Then they determined whether sugars and amino acids werepresent period which of the following would not be an appropriate scientific activity?A. Using the results to design an additional investigation.B. making a prediction before beginning the investigation.C. systematically recording the results of the investigation.D. choosing data that confirmed the hypothesis of the investigation.

Answer 1

to answer the question, we will discuss each item:

A) The results obtained during an investigation are information that can be used to design subsequent experiments that will answer questions that could not be answered in the first experiment.

B) The activity of making a prediction before performing an experiment is called hypothesis, which is based on observations. That is, first we will observe the phenomenon, and based on our reasoning we will generate a prediction or hypothesis that we will test with an experiment to see if it is correct.

C) An important part of the research is to have detailed records of each part of the experiment, this way if there is an error we can know in which part of the experiment it occurred and also we can give this information to other researchers so that they can replicate the experiment and confirm the results we obtained.

D) Finally, when the experiment is finished and when we are analyzing the information, we must take all the data into account and not only those that confirm our hypothesis, since that would give us an erroneous conclusion and would be a bias of information. Therefore, the answer is D.