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the passage below describes a process of scientific inquiry. select the part of the passage that describes analyzing the data.
a wooden spoon on a pot
lucy 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. lucy 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. lucy concluded that the wooden utensils were more sanitary than the plastic utensils. she then predicted that the oils in the wood helped limit the growth of bacteria.
Analyzing data involves examining collected results to identify patterns or findings. In the passage, this occurs when Lucy reviews the bacterial growth from the swabs.
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She found that the swab from the plastic utensils grew noticeably more bacteria than the swab from the wooden utensils.