A student sees several ants walking up a wall following the exact same trail that an ant took earlier. She wants to apply the scientific method to determine how the ants detected the trail. Which of these steps would come first in her application of the scientific method? A.)Perform an experiment by cleaning the scent away from part of the trail. B.) Draw a conclusion that the ants follow a scent trail. C.) Make a prediction about what the ants will do after she cleans away part of the trail. D.) Hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left.

"Hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left" is the step among the choices given in the question that would come first in her application of the scientific method. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the fourth option or option "D".

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Diatonic254 Diatonic254 · Answer 2 · 2018-09-13T16:13:00+02:00

An ant is able to find food and bring it back to the colony. The question however, is how ants manage to navigate through together. Many experiments conducted show that those ants currently not engaged in carrying food or any other items, mark the ground with chemical scents. In this case, if this student wants to apply a scientific method to determine how the ants detected the trail, hypothesizing that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left is the first step in her application of the scientific method. The hypothesis that ants can solve problems that require adjusting their orientation cues and learn to forage on a single directional traffic system would be the the first purpose of this experiment.