Read the “The Scientific Method Tutorial” above. After you have read through the tutorial, work on the following exercise:

You have 25 apple trees in your farm, however only 15 trees produced fruit this year. Based on this limited information and using the scientific method:

I. Develop a question followed by a hypothesis. Then . .

II. Design a brief experiment to test your hypothesis (make sure to indicate a control) and describe predicted results.

(The reading for this week in our textbook will also help you in this exercise).