Awater-soluble hormone approaches its target cell. which will happen first?

select one:
a. the hormone's signal will be transduced through the cytoplasm of the target cell
b. the hormone's signal will interact with the target cell's dna
c. the target cell will make proteins that alter the cell's function
d. the hormone's signal will enter the nucleus

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.