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Synopsis: Jenny has been working hard all summer on her tomato garden. Recently, she noticed that insects have been eating her tomatoes and tomato plants and she is worried about spraying them with harmful, store-bought pesticides. Jenny states that if she sprays her vegetables with a natural, homemade solution to help fight the bug problem, then her vegetables will still grow to the same size as they would if she used store bought pesticides____________________________ Jenny sprays one third of her vegetables with store bought pesticides , one third of her vegetables with her homemade solution, and does not spray the remaining third (her control group) ____________________________ After one week, Jenny compares and tests the differences in her vegetables____________________________ Jenny wonders how she can protect her plants from bugs without harming the vegetables____________________________ Jenny determines that her homemade solution was just as effective as the store-bought pesticides____________________________ Jenny goes to the library and looks up different kind of pesticides and their effect on vegetables and also looks up natural remedies to help solve her bug problem____________________________

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Answer:

This question is asking to match each sentence to the steps involved in the scientific method. The steps based on the order of the sentence are:

1. Formulating hypothesis

2. Testing with an experiment

3. Analysis of results

4. Make observation/Ask a question

5. Conclusion

6. Do background research

Step-by-step explanation:

The scientific method involves a series of steps that aims at solving a problem or providing an answer to a question about nature. The steps in order are:

- Making an observation/Asking a question

- Do a background research

- Formulate a hypothesis

- Testing hypothesis with an experiment

- Analyze result of experiment

- Draw conclusions

According to this question regarding Jenny, she employs the scientific method to perform an experiment. However, the steps of the scientific method involved in her experiment is disorderly. The matching step of scientific method with each statement is:

1. Jenny states that if she sprays her vegetables with a natural, homemade solution to help fight the bug problem, then her vegetables will still grow to the same size as they would if she used store bought pesticides_FORMULATE A HYPOTHESIS__

2. Jenny sprays one third of her vegetables with store bought pesticides , one third of her vegetables with her homemade solution, and does not spray the remaining third (her control group) __TESTING HYPOTHESIS WITH AN EXPERIMENT___

3. After one week, Jenny compares and tests the differences in her vegetables___ANALYSIS OF RESULTS___

4. Jenny wonders how she can protect her plants from bugs without harming the vegetables___MAKE AN OBSERVATION/ASK A QUESTION__

5. Jenny determines that her homemade solution was just as effective as the store-bought pesticides__DRAW CONCLUSIONS___

6. Jenny goes to the library and looks up different kind of pesticides and their effect on vegetables and also looks up natural remedies to help solve her bug problem__DO A BACKGROUND RESEARCH___

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