What is the difference between the question and hypothesis steps in scientific inquiry? a. the question step provides the question to be studied, while the hypothesis step provides a proposed answer to the question. b. the question step involves putting the hypothesis into question format. c. the question is the problem to be studied, while the hypothesis is the answer found after experimentation. d. there is effectively no difference between the two steps.

A question is usually the question that you hope to answer with the experiment while a hypothesis is a prediction/ proposition of it is true or not.

A is the answer

The answer is atmosphere. there are four spheres of the earth: 1. geosphere (from greek word 'geo' = ground), 2. hydrosphere (from greek word 'hydro' = water), 3. biosphere (from greek word 'bio' = life), and 4. atmosphere (from greek word 'atmo' = air). a magnetosphere is a region of space around astronomical objects controlled by the magnetic field of that object. through the process of elimination, since lightning is present in the air, it can be found in the atmosphere.