Q3. Your friend, Barbara, tells you she is using a new fertilizer on her roses. She believes this new fertilizer, "Mega Rose", is making her roses grow faster and flower more than your roses. How could you use the scientific method to decide if you should start using "Mega Rose" on your roses, too? Write out each of the 6 steps above applying the scientific method to this observation. 1. Observation: 2. question: 3. hypothesis: 4. prediction: 5. test: 6. conclusion: Q4. Give one example that is not found in the lesson for each: a.) inductive reasoning b.) deductive reasoning Q5. Find out about one theory in physics and one theory in chemistry and report your findings here. Q6. Find out about one scientific principle or law in physics and one scientific principle or law in chemistry and report your findings here Q7. Come up with your own examples of a falsifiable statement and a non-falsifiable statement. For each one, explain how it can or cannot be proven false. Q8. Find out what is meant by the term pseudo-science and give an example not found in this lesson. Q9. Janice has a geranium in a flowerpot, and after a while it dies. Janice thinks, "I wonder if it is because of the type of potting soil I used?" So she goes to the store and buys a new geranium and a different type of potting soil to plant it in. She also waters this new geranium every other day and is careful not to forget about it like she did before. After the plant survives for one year, Janice decides that her experiment proved that this new brand of potting soil is excellent and recommends it to all her friends. Use the information in the link above and: Explain why Janice's experiment is actually NOT good enough to make the interpretation that she made? Help Janice out by designing an experiment for her. Include all steps of the scientific method and the information on the link above. Be sure to specifically list all your variables and which type each is. Make sure to label from the experiment the independent variable, dependent variable, and control variables. Q10. What is a "control group"? Why does an experiment need to have a control group? (Hint: Look in the blue link above that says scientific experiments.)