An oyster’s growth rate is affected by genetics and by environmental conditions. For example, oysters growing in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay can reach 7.5 cm (3 in.) in length in three to five years. The same species of oysters growing in the Gulf of Mexico can reach that same length in just one or two years. • Make a hypothesis about how an environmental condition affects the rate at which oysters grow.

• Design an experiment that would test the hypothesis.

Plants are used for so many things. in your house alone, you can probably look around you and see where plants have been used. for this project, you will identify various uses of plants in your home. directions make a list of objects, products, and any other items around your house where plants were involved in the production of the item. you should have a list of at least twenty items. then respond to the following questions: note: your list of objects and the answers following should be at least 200 words in length. what if plants no longer existed on earth? how would your life be different?

Zoe decided to measure the hand length of each of her classmates. first she marked a line across each student's wrist and lined up a ruler from this mark to the top of the middle finger to measure the length. then she recorded the measurements in the table below. marla did this the same way for each classmate, and then zoe used this ruler to measure each straight line and record the data below. this data is invalid. what is the most likely reason why it is invalid? the ruler is marked in centimeters, but zoe recorded data in inches. the range of lengths is too wide, so zoe must have misread the ruler. marla’s complicated measuring procedure was overly confusing. marla could have been inconsistent while drawing outlines of fingers.

In which case would a scientist choose to use a dissecting microscope rather than a compound microscope