Which step of the scientific method involves making an inference?

draw a conclusion

Explanation:

Inference is an information-based deduction or reasoning that uses available data to reach a conclusion. To infer is to deduce a result, logically, based on the interpretation of other information. Inferencing can also mean reaching a conclusion from other perceptions or from analyzing one or more arguments.

According to this conceptualization, we can say that the only step in the scientific method where a scientist can make an inferences is the conclusion stage.

a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

the two answers are a, the population of birds with large beaks will increase on the island, and c, the trait for large beaks will be passed on to future generations through natural selection. the reason for that is because if the birds that have beaks developed for eating small seeds lose all of their food, they will go hungry and eventually starve because they physically cannot eat the large seeds, therefore making the population of large beaked birds higher. also, if the trait of large beaks are dominant on the island over small beaks, then over time the large beaked birds will reproduce more and more, while the smaller beaked birds will reproduce less and less because they can't survive with the food provided. that leads to the trait of small beaks disappearing and the trait of large beaks taking over the island.