To test that a fertilizer makes flowers produce more blooms, a student tests 6 plants of equal size that all get equal water and sunlight. For 3 of the plants she uses the fertilizer and 3 plants of the plants she does not use the fertilizer. They then count the number of blooms on all the plants for 6 weeks. What is the independent variable?

a. the number of plants in the control group

b. the amount of water

c. the number of flowers

d. the fertilizer

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30 July, 11:10

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Spears · Answer 1

The fertilizer is the independent variable because the independent variable is what changes