The passage below describes some of the steps of the scientific method. Select the
part of the passage that describes
identifying the question.
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Hint: To identify the question, you pose a
question that focuses on a problem.
Challenge
Stage 1 of 2
Collect 3
tokens
pots of hydrangea flowers
Andy had a hydrangea plant that produced blue flowers. He moved his plant from a pot
to a planter bed in his yard, and the next time the plant flowered, the flowers were
pink! Andy tested the soils and found that the pH, or acidity, of the soil differed
between the pot and the planter bed. This led him to wonder if soil pH could affect
the color of hydrangea flowers. Andy filled five pots with soil with a pH of 5.0 and
another five pots with soil with a pH 6.5. He planted six hydrangea seeds in each
pot. Because the plants grown in pH 6.5 soil bloomed pink, while those grown in pH
5.0 soil bloomed blue, he deduced that soil pH influences hydrangea flower color. He
shared his results on his favorite gardening blog.