Scientific inquiry includes many different types of activities and processes. When someone makes measurements using scientific tools, what part of the inquiry process are they performing?

Collecting data

Explanation:

Scientific inquiry can be explained as methods undertook by scientists to profer solutions, explanations, predict natural occurence and to some extent solve some of the problems of the earth through scientific study and processes. Evidence of solutions is made available to be built upon by also other scientists in the near future.

process of scientific inquiry include, in no particular order:

Note, that the explanation below doesn't follow any order.

1. Formulating questions: This is the problem that needed to be solved. Scientific inquiries usually begin with a question that can be proven scientifically.

2. Observation: taking neccessary information for the experiment.  Collecting data (answer to the question) falls under this process as information collected are used to carry out the experiment.

3. Hypothesis: Based on the observation and test carried out, scientists provide answers to the experiment, however methods used remain open for further experiments by other scientists. This is done so the results are tested and proven before they can be generally accepted as a rule or law.

4. Experiment: the experiment is carried out here.

5. Data analysis: Here the data collected are analysed using scientific methods.

6. Results: This stage shows the other aforementioned stages took place. Results of the scientific research/experiment are published.

what is the general relationship between a galaxy's distance from earth and its speed?

the answer is:

the farther away a galaxy is from us, the faster it is moving away from us.

the number of valence electrons for each molecule or ion is shown beneath the structure. remember hydrogen will not have more than two electrons. this hydrogen is part of a covalent bond (sharing two electrons). a double bond here would cause hydrogen to share four electrons with phosphorus.