Whales, which live in the water, have hips. These structures are important for carrying the weight of animals that walk on land. Finding this body part in animals that dont walk on land would lead us to predict what finding in the fossil record? A Hips in ancient animals that always lived in water
B. Land-dwelling animals that dont have hips
C. A form of whale that lacked this structure
D. An ancestor of whales that walked on land

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.