Science is a form of inquiry because scientists trying to understand the world around them start by a forming conclusions. b collecting data. c asking questions. d designing experiments.

D. Designing experiments

Explanation:

Scientists get understanding of the world by performing experiments. Direct conclusion without any data is considered as irrelevant. The scientists design the protocol of the experiment and performs it accordingly to get the data and then infer the result from it.

The experiments are designed on the basis of the hypothesis being stated. The hypothesis is validated by the experiments and has to be altered or withdrawn if the results do not support the hypothesis.

it is because according to the process , scientific inquiry is a process with many steps because each step occurs to the scientist and if you just skip a step there would be no steps to scientific inquiry.