Read the description of a science experiment below. which part of the experiment is the fifth step in the scientific method (analyzing data and reaching conclusions)?

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.

a. "she hopes to prove that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones."
b. "she has her mother drop both weights at the same time from a window."
c. "[a]n object's weight does not affect how fast it falls."
d. "to her surprise, the weights land at exactly the same time."

The correct answer is C) "[A]n object's weight does not affect how fast it falls."

The part of the experiment that is the fifth step in the scientific method (analyzing data and reaching conclusions) is "[A]n object's weight does not affect how fast it falls."

With this statement, Sarah is concluding what she has observed during the experiment.

The Scientific Method is the correct one to prove the validity of any experiment. It included logical steps that are going to validate the process. The main steps of the Scientific Method are observation, a hypothesis, the prediction, the experimentation, and the conclusion. In order to prove the validity of something, the experiment has to show the same result every time.

the correct answer is D. To her surprise, the weights land at exactly the same time.

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