Question

the passage below describes a process of scientific inquiry. select the part of the passage that describes testing the hypothesis. hint: to test the hypothesis, you use experiments or observations to collect data. olivia tends to a community herb garden. she heard from a colleague that plants need nitrogen to grow. she wondered if adding a nitrogen - based fertilizer to the soil would increase the growth rate of her herbs. olivia added a nitrogen - based fertilizer to the soil of half the herbs and left the other half unchanged. after one month, she measured the height of all of the herbs. she found that the herbs without fertilizer grew to an average height of 6 inches, while the herbs with fertilizer grew to an average height of 10 inches. olivia concluded that nitrogen - based fertilizer increases the rate at which herbs grow. olivia shared her findings with her colleagues at the community garden.

Explanation:

Olivia's hypothesis was that adding a nitrogen - based fertilizer would increase herb growth rate. She added the fertilizer to half the herbs and left the other half unchanged, then measured their heights after a month. This is the experimental process of collecting data to test the hypothesis.

Answer:

Olivia added a nitrogen - based fertilizer to the soil of half the herbs and left the other half unchanged. After one month, she measured the height of all of the herbs.