Answer:
''they can no longer support their own weight'
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement ''they can no longer support their own weight'' is a prediction and the scientist has to verify this prediction by performing different experiments on the plant. The scientist has to take a plant and placed in dark in order to see the fall over of plant. If the plant fall over so the we can say that the prediction was right while if the plant did not fall over so it means the prediction was wrong.