Victoria, Who Is 10 Years Old, Wants to Be a Zoologist

Multiple Choice

Victoria, who is 10 years old, wants to be a zoologist when she grows up because she loves animals. So, she decided to begin her training by “doing something scientific.” Specifically, she weighed and measured the lengths of all the earthworms she could find in her yard and recorded the data in a notebook. She then made a graph showing the maximum, minimum, and average weights and heights of the earthworms. Was she doing something scientific?

A) No, because she is too young to think like a scientist.
B) No, because she had no hypothesis to direct her data collection or interpretation.
C) Yes, because scientists always make measurements.
D) Yes, because scientists always construct graphs with the data they collect.