A scientist performs an investigation and discovers that increased temperature decreases the number of offspring that an organism produces. Then, the scientist asks a new question about the impact of climate change on the species because

The investigation found that higher temperatures reduce the organism’s number of offspring. That result can prompt the scientist to ask a further testable question about how climate change may affect the species. This illustrates that results from one investigation can lead to new scientific questions; the original question can still be scientific, and asking a new question does not necessarily mean the hypothesis was modified.

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