Choose the Answer That Best Describes the Sequence of the Scientific

Question

Choose the answer that best describes the sequence of the scientific method.
A) experiment, observation, hypothesis, conclusion
B) hypothesis, experiment, observation, conclusion
C) guess, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion
D) observation, hypothesis, experiment, absolute fact
E) observation, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion

Accepted Answer

The scientific method typically follows the sequence of making observations, forming a hypothesis to explain those observations, conducting experiments to test the hypothesis, and drawing a conclusion based on the results of the experiments. Choice E reflects this sequence (observation, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion), while the other choices either have some steps out of order or use unclear or inaccurate terminology (such as "guess" instead of "hypothesis" in choice C, or "absolute fact" in choice D, which is not a typical outcome of the scientific method).