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. a teapot and a steaming cup of tea one afternoon, ann was making tea with her father. as ann stirred her tea, the metal spoon quickly became too hot to hold. her dad suggested that she use a wooden spoon instead. ann was curious if the type of material a spoon is made from affects how much it heats up when placed in hot water for a short amount of time. she remembered hearing that metal conducts heat well and reasoned that the metal spoon would heat up more than a plastic or wooden spoon. ann filled a large bowl with hot water. she then placed a metal spoon, a plastic spoon, and a wooden spoon into the bowl of water at the same time. after one minute, she used a thermometer to measure the temperature of each spoons handle. ann recorded the temperatures and found that the metal spoon had heated up the most, the plastic spoon was warm but comfortable to hold, and the wooden spoon remained close to room temperature. she concluded that the type of material does affect how much a spoon heats up over a period of time.

Explanation:

Ann filled a large bowl with hot water, placed a metal, plastic, and wooden spoon in it simultaneously, waited a minute, then measured the handle - temperatures with a thermometer and recorded the data. This is the part where she uses an experiment to collect data to test her hypothesis that the type of material affects how much a spoon heats up.

Answer:

Ann filled a large bowl with hot water. She then placed a metal spoon, a plastic spoon, and a wooden spoon into the bowl of water at the same time. After one minute, she used a thermometer to measure the temperature of each spoon's handle. Ann recorded the temperatures.