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What is a depentent variable?

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A dependent variable is something that depends on other factors. It is what gets measured and what is affected during an experiment. Without an independent variable there can be no dependent variable.

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"Dependent" is the correct spelling.

It is what happens as a result of you changing something in a scientific experiment.

For example:

Say I am growing plants and I have 2 identical pots with the same soil, same location, etc.

I give the first pot 1 cup of water every day and the second pot 4 cups of water.

The amount of water I put in the pots every day is the independent variable.

The dependent variable in this case would be how tall the plants grow every day.

A change in the amount of water a plant gets (independent) causes a change in the height of a plant (dependent).

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