Question

Please help this is due at 11:59 tonight!!! Jimmy and Jenny have designed an experiment to test how termites react to the chemicals in ink pens. They use one termite in their experiment. Jenny draws four circles, using four different brands of black ink. Jimmy places the termite on each circle of ink and they watch the termite's behavior as it is placed on each circle, one try per circle. In all four cases, the termite veers off the ink circle. Jimmy and Jenny conclude that termites are not attracted to ink at all. What suggestion would you give Jimmy and Jenny concerning their experimental design?
A. Compare the termite’s behavior on ink circles to the behavior on pencil circles.
B. Run repeated trials with the one termite.
C. Use more than one termite and run many trials.
D. Use more than one termite and the same brand of ink pen each time.

Answer 1

Answer:

Use more than one termite and run many trials.

Explanation:

it's not A because we're not trying to figure out pencil's but the chemical's in ink. It's not B because using just one bug wouldn't really get us anywhere. It's not D because you'd actually want to try different brands of ink to see if maybe you had a lesser chemical ratio. It's C because not all the bugs will react in the same way as just one would. Also, doing multiple trials would show us if they would change their behaviors.