1. You carry out the following experiment. Tomatoes are grown in two neighboring greenhouses. In the control greenhouse nothing is done to the plants beyond routine watering and fertilization, while in the experimental greenhouse the gardeners talk softly to the plants encouraging them to grow and bear fruit. At harvest the dry mass yield in the experimental group is twice that of the control. You infer that talking to the plants has increased the yield of tomatoes.
Describe an experiment to test this hypothesis (make sure it has adequate controls).
2. If you dumped 1 mole of M&M's into the oceans, how much would the oceans rise?
Show all work and clearly state all assumptions.
3. Should there be a mandatory national DNA file of each individual, not just convicted criminals, to assist law enforcement solve crimes?
List your arguments pro and con