Each year, you grow cucumbers to make your own pickles. You want to increase the

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Each year, you grow cucumbers to make your own pickles. You want to increase the yield of the cucumbers from your plants. In the past, you have not used any type of fertilizer on your plants. This year, you have noticed advertisements for Mega1 Fertilizer that, according to the manufacturer, will produce the “largest crop you’ve ever seen!” Formulate a testable hypothesis to test the claim. Design an experiment to test your hypothesis, and include your controls. Be specific in your experimental design. Predict the experimental results that would support your hypothesis

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Fertilizers have adjusted Nitrogen , Phosphorus, Potasium (NPK) ratio which they adjust according to manufacturer. For testing Mega1 Fertilizer that, according to the manufacturer, will produce the “largest crop you’ve ever seen we have to design as follows:

Hypothesis : Mega1 Fertilizer increases crop production as well as NPK in soil.

A) Test quality of soil in terms of NPK in lab.

B) Apply Mega1 Fertilizer is some part of soil , mark that area as test.

C) Keep some part of soil without Mega1 Fertilizer, mark it as control.

D) Give water to both field equally.

E) Check the crop production in both area.

F) Take samples of soil from both the area and give it to soil testing lab

G) Check if there is significant increase in NPK in the soil in test area.

If find significant accept the hypothesis, otherwise discard hypothesis.

Experimental Results supporting hypothesis: Crop production as well as NPK should be increased.

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