Question

the passage below describes a process of scientific inquiry. select the part of the passage that describes testing the hypothesis.
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levi grows tomato plants in his garden. recently, deer have come into his garden to eat his tomato plants. he read that deer do not like garlic and wondered if he could use garlic to stop deer from eating his tomato plants. he predicted that spraying his tomato plants with garlic water would stop the deer from eating them. levi sprayed half of his tomato plants with garlic water and left the other half unsprayed. he recorded which plants the deer ate every day for two weeks. he found that the deer avoided the tomato plants sprayed with garlic water but continued to eat the unsprayed plants. levi concluded that garlic water can be used to repel deer from tomato plants. he shared his findings with his gardening club.

Explanation:

Testing a hypothesis involves carrying out a controlled procedure to gather data related to the prediction. The relevant part here is the action of setting up the test group and control group, then collecting observations.

Answer:

Levi sprayed half of his tomato plants with garlic water and left the other half unsprayed. He recorded which plants the deer ate every day for two weeks.