Question

the passage below describes a process of scientific inquiry. select the part of the passage that describes identifying a question. hint: to identify a question, you pose a question about a scientific problem. crown gall tumors on a rose stem lindsey grew roses for a flower shop. one day, she noticed tumor - like growths on her rose stems. she read a book about plant diseases and learned that the plants had crown gall disease, which is caused by a type of bacteria. she also read that allicin, a chemical found in garlic, can kill bacteria. she was curious if garlic could prevent more tumors from forming on her plants. lindsey sprayed garlic juice on ten infected plants and water on another ten. after one month, she compared the number of new tumors on plants in each group and found no difference between them. lindsey thought that the concentration of allicin in her garlic spray might be too low, so spraying the plants with pure allicin would decrease the number of new tumors. she repeated her experiment, this time spraying the plants with a solution of pure allicin.

Explanation:

The key - point is to find the part where a scientific question is posed. Lindsey was curious if garlic could prevent more tumors from forming on her plants, which is a question about a scientific problem (the crown gall disease in roses and the potential of garlic to act against it).

Answer:

She was curious if garlic could prevent more tumors from forming on her plants.