INTRODUCTION
CELL ORGANELLES
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Question
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When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?
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Dependent
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Independent
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Control
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Score on the test. When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer? Independent.
Detailed explanation-2: -An experiment generally tests how one variable is affected by another. The affected variable is called the dependent variable. In the plant experiment shown in the Figure below, the dependent variable is plant growth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Environmental factors that affect plant growth include light, temperature, water, humidity and nutrition.
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