Chloe’s teacher gives her and her lab partner soil samples from different parts of the city: the park, the area next to a pond, the school, and a neighborhood. Chloe’s teacher also gives her a soil tester kit, which determines the pH of the soil. Chloe and her lab partner need to determine the pH of each soil sample and then compare them.

Fill in the blank with the word that best completes the statement.

This investigation is a(an)
investigation.

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Chloe’s teacher gives her and her lab partner soil samples from different parts of the city: the park, the area next to a pond, the school, and a neighborhood. Chloe’s teacher also gives her a soil tester kit, which determines the pH of the soil. Chloe and her lab partner need to determine the pH of each soil sample and then compare them.

Fill in the blank with the word that best completes the statement.

This investigation is a(an) 
 investigation.

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Giving from the description text of `"...soil samples from different parts of the city: the park, the area next to a pond, the school, and a neighborhood.` it would be scientific reasoning/comparative investigation which involve collecting data on different organisms/objects/features, or collecting data under different conditions (e.g., times of year, temperatures, `locations`) in order to make a comparison.