Question

the passage below describes a process of scientific inquiry. select the part of the passage that describes analyzing the data. hint: to analyze the data, you examine the data and look for patterns. pots of hydrangea flowers lester 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! he tested the soils and found that the ph, or acidity, differed between the pot and the planter bed. this led him to wonder if soil ph could affect the color of hydrangea flowers. lester filled five pots with soil with a ph of 5.0 and another five with soil with a ph of 6.5. he planted six hydrangea seeds in each pot. he found that the plants grown in ph 6.5 soil bloomed pink, while those grown in ph 5.0 soil bloomed blue. lester deduced that soil ph influences hydrangea flower color. he shared his results on his favorite gardening blog.

Explanation:

Analyzing data involves looking at collected data for patterns. Lester saw that plants in pH 6.5 soil bloomed pink and those in pH 5.0 soil bloomed blue, then deduced a relationship. This deduction based on the observed results is the data - analysis part.

Answer:

Lester deduced that soil pH influences hydrangea flower color.