In early spring, dr. tom wilson notices that there is an equal distribution of long and short stemmed buttercups in the vacant lot across the street from his house as well as in his own backward. in the late summer he notes that there are mostly long stemmed buttercups in the lot, but mostly short stemmed buttercups in his yard. these observations are examples of what biological principle? develop a hypothesis to explain dr. wilson's observations.

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Maleah Mcclain

13 August, 10:05

In early spring, dr. tom wilson notices that there is an equal distribution of long and short stemmed buttercups in the vacant lot across the street from his house as well as in his own backward. in the late summer he notes that there are mostly long stemmed buttercups in the lot, but mostly short stemmed buttercups in his yard. these observations are examples of what biological principle? develop a hypothesis to explain dr. wilson's observations.

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Steven Bridges · Answer 1

Hypothesis is an initial proposed explanation based on the first observation upon this situation.

In this situation, Dr. Wilson could make a hypothesis that short stemmed buttercups need more water and nutrients that could only be gotten from the soil provided in the yard.