Barry is applying the principles of relative dating to a building that has been constructed. analyzing a section of the building, barry says that the lowest part of the section must have been constructed the parts above it were constructed. he bases this conclusion on the principle of . also, looking at a crack forming in the building wall, he says that the crack must be the wall. barry used the principle of to arrive at this conclusion.

Astudent sees several ants walking up a wall following the exact same trail that an ant took earlier. she wants to apply the scientific method to determine how the ants detected the trail. which of these steps would come first in her application of the scientific method? perform an experiment by cleaning the scent away from part of the trail. draw a conclusion that the ants follow a scent trail. make a prediction about what the ants will do after she cleans away part of the trail. hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left.