Sally wants to test how the type of light affects the height of bean plants. She uses three different types of light bulbs: LED, incandescent, and CFL. She exposes the plants to the lights for the

same amount of time and plants the seeds in containers that are the same size, with the same type of soil, and waters them with the same amount of water each day. She measures the height of

the plants using a ruler and records the growth each day. Which of the following is the independent variable in the experiment?

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Steele

Chemistry

13 July, 11:57

Sally wants to test how the type of light affects the height of bean plants. She uses three different types of light bulbs: LED, incandescent, and CFL. She exposes the plants to the lights for the

same amount of time and plants the seeds in containers that are the same size, with the same type of soil, and waters them with the same amount of water each day. She measures the height of

the plants using a ruler and records the growth each day. Which of the following is the independent variable in the experiment?

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Jordan Hensley · Answer 1

Light

Explanation:

All of the other conditions are the same. As an example the amount of water which sally apply to each plant is the same. So the independent

variable that she is experiment on is the effects of different kinda lights on the growth of the bean plants