6. use the experiment below to answer the following questions. apple trees are a common type of tree in the northern forests of the united states. in studying one forest, a forester noticed that mature apple trees were abundant but there were very few young apple trees. she wondered why there were so few young trees. by reading the records that other foresters in that area had kept, she learned that the population of deer living in the forest had doubled in the last five years. by reading studies on forests that other scientists had performed, she also learned that deer in similar forests like to eat young apple trees and the young trees of other species. a. design a question the scientist could ask that relates to her observations and could be tested. b. in the experiment, the forester wondered why the forest had many mature apple trees, but very few young trees. which step of the scientific method does this represent? c. which step of the scientific method is “if deer are eating young apple trees, then keeping the deer away from the young apple trees will allow trees to grow.” d. to test her hypothesis, the forester set up an experiment. she placed fencing around some of the young trees (keeping the deer away) and left other young trees exposed to the deer. which is the control group? e. what is the independent variable in the experiment, eaten young trees or the fencing? (hint: dv depends on iv)