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Science almost always starts with an observation.
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If you have a certain observation, then it might lead to you to question why this thing is different, why you see the things that you see, and leading to a hypothesis, experiment, and then conclusion.
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So going through that scientific process.
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So we're starting with observation.
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We see that there are an increased amount of cracks on certain sidewalks.
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So we see that some streets have a lot more sidewalk cracks and other streets do not.
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So you're wondering what's happening.
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You know, why is this the case? so when we are dealing with this observation and we are then forming a hypothesis as to why this is the case, why there are more cracks on certain streets and on others, then something that you would want to look for is something unique about these streets.
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You know, what do you find at these streets or near these streets that you don't find around other streets that you are comparing it to? so it might be, and what i'm going to roll with on this hypothesis is that you might see more trees, more of these large trees around these certain streets than others.
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So if that was the case, then you might say that these certain streets have more large trees than other streets, and those large trees have these really big roots which break up the sidewalk.
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And so cause the cracks that we're seeing in the sidewalk.
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So that might be your hypothesis.
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These streets have more larger trees, and so there's more of these large roots, and they're causing more cracks in the sidewalk.
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When you're making a hypothesis, you want it to be a statement of, i believe this is the case.
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Your guess might be wrong, and that's okay, but you want to write it as a statement.
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And when you're writing your hypothesis, you want to make sure that it is falsifiable and quantifiable.
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So falsifiable, meaning that we can easily point evidence to say you're wrong or you're right.
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So what i'm looking at here is that the cause and effect cause large trees with their roots, effect they cause cracks in the sidewalk.
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So if i compare these streets to other streets and i say, they don't really have any trees or they don't have any more trees than other streets, then i can very easily say, nope, this hypothesis is wrong, and i can move on to my next thought.
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So that's falsifiable.
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Quantifiable is something you can measure.
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So i can measure the amount of trees that are at each sidewalk.
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And i can measure the amount of cracks on each sidewalk.
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So it's quantifiable, it's measurable, and therefore we can prove it right or wrong...