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Meg goes swimming on a hot afternoon. When she comes out of the pool, her foot senses that the pavement is unbearably hot. Suppose Meg wants to apply the scientific method to discover reasons for the hot pavement. What is the next step she should take?

a)analyze the data
b)ask questions
c)communicate the results
d)make observations

User Glezo
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b) ask questions. Meg should ask a question first so she can learn more about why the pavement felt so unbearably.
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Answer:

b) ask questions

Step-by-step explanation:

Meg senses that pavement feels hot when she comes out of the pool. In order to discover the reason behind using scientific method, she should first formulate a question. Based on it should hypothesis and then design experiment to test the hypothesis. next step would be to make observations, collect data, analyze it and draw conclusions. The final step would be to communicate the results.

Thus, correct option is b.

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