Question

the passage below describes a process of 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 family of deer eating josh grows tomato plants in his garden. recently, deer have come into his garden to eat his tomato plants. he read that deer do not like garlic and wondered if he could use garlic to stop deer from eating his tomato plants. he predicted that spraying his tomato plants with garlic water would stop the deer from eating them. josh sprayed half of his tomato plants with garlic water and left the other half unsprayed. he recorded which plants the deer ate every day for two weeks. he found that the deer avoided the tomato plants sprayed with garlic water but continued to eat the unsprayed plants. josh concluded that garlic water can be used to repel deer from tomato plants. he shared his findings with his gardening club.

Explanation:

A hypothesis is a proposed explanation. Josh predicted that spraying tomato plants with garlic water would stop deer from eating them, which is a possible explanation based on his knowledge that deer don't like garlic. This is the hypothesis - formation step in scientific inquiry.

Answer:

He predicted that spraying his tomato plants with garlic water would stop the deer from eating them.