Suppose you do an experiment to test the effect of soil moisture on seedling growth. You test 3 different soil moisture levels, each with the same type of seed. You let the seeds grow for 2 weeks and then compare how well they grew. What is your dependent variable?

soil moisture
type of seed
how well the seeds grow

Question

Suppose you do an experiment to test the effect of soil moisture on seedling growth. You test 3 different soil moisture levels, each with the same type of seed. You let the seeds grow for 2 weeks and then compare how well they grew. What is your dependent variable?


 
       soil moisture
        type of seed
        how well the seeds grow

anonymous · Answer

do you know what a dependent variable is?

anonymous · Answer

Sort of lol

anonymous · Answer

well its in the name. it depends on the others.

anonymous · Answer

i think its how well seeds grow not sure though

anonymous · Answer

so we can eliminate the independent variable of the soil moisture and type of seed and we'd be left with?

anonymous · Answer

How well the seed grows (: Thanks I get it now

anonymous · Answer

your welcome good job :)