Question

consider the cycle of science shown in the diagram. what would most likely cause the cycle to continue? an explanation inspires new questions and the process of making new observations. a fact inspires new questions and the process of making new observations a careful systematic process is used in experiments to gather observations and data. a fact is established and more data is needed to convince scientists that it is true.

Explanation:

The scientific cycle shown moves from facts to explanations, then back to the process. For the cycle to continue, the explanation must prompt new inquiry: new questions and observations that feed back into the process. The other options either misplace the starting point (facts inspiring new questions directly skips the explanation step) or describe a single part of the process rather than the cycle's continuation.

Answer:

An explanation inspires new questions and the process of making new observations.