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. a large iguana warming under a heat lamp ruth has a pet iguana. she noticed that her iguana was more active on some days than others. she was curious what factors were causing her iguana to be more active. she predicted that the longer her iguanas heat lamp was on, the less active it would be. for one week, ruth left the heat lamp on for 6 hours per day. the following week, she left the heat lamp on for 4 hours per day. she found that during the first week, the iguana slept for an average of 10 hours per day, and during the second week, the iguana slept for an average of 8 hours per day. ruth concluded that the warmer the iguana was, the less active it would be.

Explanation:

The part where Ruth compares the average hours of sleep (10 hours per day in the first - week with 8 hours per day in the second week) based on different heat - lamp durations is analyzing the data. She is looking at the relationship between heat - lamp time and the iguana's activity level (measured by sleep hours) to find a pattern.

Answer:

She found that during the first week, the iguana slept for an average of 10 hours per day, and during the second week, the iguana slept for an average of 8 hours per day.