A scientist hypothesizes that the temperature at which an alligators egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. What is the variable?

Variable is the object where the observation will either influence or receive the effect from the other object or variable. Hence, variables divided into two distinct parts in a study or traditionally an experimental study which is the independent variable and the dependent variable. The independent variable is the variable that can stand for itself until it affects the dependent variable, which is the variable that was influenced by the independent variable.

IV: Gender of the alligator

DV: Temperature at which the alligator mother will need to supply.