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.

Question

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.

SmokeyBrown · Answer

There are several words that could fit in the blank to make sense.
Given the context, it could be a "field" investigation, since Chloe is going out of the controlled lab environment and into the field to collect data.
It could also be a "quantitative" investigation, since Chloe is collecting data based on numerical measurements, i.e. pH levels.

Do any of these seem to fit to you? Or, better yet, do you have some idea about what words we should choose from for this question?