Question

donald is creating an experiment to determine if fertilizer affects plant color. he makes this statement: \if each plant receives a different amount of fertilizer, then the plant’s color intensity will change.\ donald’s statement is a proposed general relationship between fertilizer amount and plant color. this statement is best described as
a. an error.

b. a hypothesis.

c. a question.

Explanation:

A hypothesis is a proposed explanation or prediction for a phenomenon, often in an "if - then" format, which is what Donald's statement (proposing a relationship between fertilizer amount and plant color) is. An error would be a mistake, and this is a statement not a question, so it's a hypothesis.

Answer:

B. a hypothesis.