A farmer who grows blackberries hasfound his harvest to be lower than usual.He suspects that some animals areeating the berries before he can pickthem. The farmer thinks it may be eitherbirds (landing on the bushes to feast onberries) or rodents (climbing the bushesfrom below to munch on berries). Hedecides to first test the hypothesisthat birds are eating his berries, andconsults with a local expert on how bestto prevent the birds from eating berries.He has eight fields with 10 rows of berrybushes in each field. In one of his fields(depicted below, as viewed from above),he covers half of the rows with nets thatwill prevent birds from landing on thebushes, and he leaves the other halfuncovered. Over the course of 8 weeks,he counts the berries harvested fromeach row of bushes in the test field.

Hypothesis Hypothesis is an assumption or an idea that is given prior to start an experiment.

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