Certain mushrooms tend to appear suddenly in circles on lawns. Which of the following might be an appropriate scientific hypothesis about this.

A. Mushrooms grow only in the summer time.

B. The circle shape is random, even though it's almost always how these mushrooms are oriented on the lawn.

C. Mushrooms grow only in association with grass.

D. There are some things too odd to try to explain scientifically. There's no way to know.

E. Mushrooms mostly grow underground from a central root structure.

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Biology

Garrett Fisher

8 August, 19:50

Certain mushrooms tend to appear suddenly in circles on lawns. Which of the following might be an appropriate scientific hypothesis about this.

A. Mushrooms grow only in the summer time.

B. The circle shape is random, even though it's almost always how these mushrooms are oriented on the lawn.

C. Mushrooms grow only in association with grass.

D. There are some things too odd to try to explain scientifically. There's no way to know.

E. Mushrooms mostly grow underground from a central root structure.

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Conrad Ayers · Answer 1

Answer:C. Mushrooms grow only in association with grass.

Explanation:

Hypothesis is a statement which includes proposed information for the cause of a particular process.

The mushroom colonizes in a form of circle in the grass lawn. It might be a pattern of development of these mushrooms. Supported by the mineral and nutrients they derive from the grass.

Thus C is the correct option.