What scientists do that is the basis of their investigations

The energy required to vaporize a certain amount of a substance is greater than the amount of energy necessary to raise the temperature of the same amout of that substance by 1 degreee celcius

Two students are working together on an experiment that measures the effect of different liquid fertilizers on the thickness of plants’ stems. which is most likely to result in the greatest amount of error in their scientific experiment? a.one student measures the plant stem widths by using calipers. the other student measures the widths of the same plant stems again by using a different pair of calipers. b.one student measures the plant stem widths by using calipers. the other student types the measurements as they are taken into a computer spreadsheet. c.one student weighs liquids for the experiment by using a calibrated scale. the other student weighs liquids for the experiment by using a different calibrated scale.

Which of the following determines the specificity of a dna probe? a. type of radiation b. level of enzymatic activity c. number of neutrons d. complementary base pairing