Question

scientific inquiry. select the part of the passage that describes developing a hypothesis.
hint: to develop a hypothesis, you use logic and research to propose a possible explanation.
a wooden spoon on a pot
martha regularly cooks meals for a local shelter. she wondered if using plastic or wooden cooking utensils would be more sanitary. she learned in school that porous materials are a more hospitable environment for bacteria. so, she predicted that the wooden utensils would grow more bacteria than the plastic utensils. martha took a swab from the plastic utensils after cooking with them for a full day, and then repeated the process with the wooden utensils. she then cultured the bacteria from each swab in a petri dish. she found that the swab from the plastic utensils grew noticeably more bacteria than the swab from the wooden utensils. martha concluded that the wooden utensils were more sanitary than the plastic utensils. she then

Explanation:

To identify the part about developing a hypothesis, we look for a proposed possible explanation using logic/research. The text "She learned in school that porous materials are a more hospitable environment for bacteria. So, she predicted that the wooden utensils would grow more bacteria than the plastic utensils." uses her knowledge (research/logic) to propose a prediction (hypothesis) about which utensil grows more bacteria.

Answer:

She learned in school that porous materials are a more hospitable environment for bacteria. So, she predicted that the wooden utensils would grow more bacteria than the plastic utensils.