23.1.3 Quiz: The Scientific Revolution Question 4 of 10
Read the description of a science experiment below. Which part of the
experiment is the third step in the scientific method (testing a hypothesis)?
Sarah wants to create an experiment to determine whether
an object's weight determines how fast it will fall. She
hopes to prove that heavier objects fall faster than lighter
ones. She buys two weights that have the same size and
shape. However, one is heavier than the other. She has her
mother drop both weights at the same time from a
window. To her surprise, the weights land at exactly the
same time. She repeats the experiment several times, but
the weights always hit the ground at the same time. Sarah
is forced to admit that she was wrong; an object's weight
does not affect how fast it falls.

"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.