The sixe of a bees nest increases as time passes. your friend says that time is the dependent variable becuase size depends on time. is your friend correct?

I would say that time is the independent and size is dependent, it depends on how long time is.

Your friend is incorrect because height depends on time and height is the dependent variable and time is the independent variable. because the dependent variable is the variable in which you depend on and height depends on the amount of time passed