Humans must take action to minimize the risk of natural disasters such as an earthquake. which is not a method used to reduce the impact of earthquakes?

a) reinforcing existing infrastructure

b) planning the location of infrastructure

c) reducing the restrictions of building codes

d) designing earthquake-resistant infrastructure

Astudent sees several ants walking up a wall following the exact same trail that an ant took earlier. she wants to apply the scientific method to determine how the ants detected the trail. which of these steps would come first in her application of the scientific method? perform an experiment by cleaning the scent away from part of the trail. draw a conclusion that the ants follow a scent trail. make a prediction about what the ants will do after she cleans away part of the trail. hypothesize that the ants are following a scent trail that the first ant left.