Steve wanted to see if the type of fertilizer made sunflowers grow larger. What is the independent variable?
O Type of fertilizer
O Type of sunflower
O Size of sunflower

emerging idea only occurs as a raw idea that could appear out of nowhere. meanwhile, to reach scientific consensus , that idea must be structured and tested over and over again through various experiments. the scientific consensus transforms the raw idea into idea that is more reliable through the process of scientific elimination.

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.

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