Jane wants to figure out which of two foods is the healthiest for her pet gerbil, Bob, so she decides to conduct an experiment. She feeds Bob food A for two weeks and then measures how much Bob weighs. Then she switches the food to gerbil food B for two weeks and measures how much Bob weighs. Throughout the experiment, she gives Bob the same amount of water each day, and keeps the temperature in the room constant.

What could Jane have improved about her experimental design to better follow the scientific method?
Select one:
a. Jane needs to take better measurements.
b. Jane needs more ge

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Jane wants to figure out which of two foods is the healthiest for her pet gerbil, Bob, so she decides to conduct an experiment. She feeds Bob food A for two weeks and then measures how much Bob weighs. Then she switches the food to gerbil food B for two weeks and measures how much Bob weighs. Throughout the experiment, she gives Bob the same amount of water each day, and keeps the temperature in the room constant.

What could Jane have improved about her experimental design to better follow the scientific method?
Select one:
a. Jane needs to take better measurements.
b. Jane needs more ge

anonymous · Answer

a. Jane needs to take better measurements.
b. Jane needs more gerbils so she can test out more foods.
c. Jane needs to include more gerbils so she can have a control and experimental group.
d. Jane needs to have more people on her research team.

anonymous · Answer

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