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A manipulated variable is also called an independent variable. It is the thing in an experiment you change or manipulate. For example, if i am doing an experiment to see how water affects the growth on plants, the amount of water is the manipulated variable.
control group are the ones that are not being tested. dependent variable is the hair growth.
Red light is very important in that it's the color that phtosynthesizes with chlorophyll.
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A controlled experiment is one in which only one variable is changed at a time. A variable is something which can vary, or have different values. Scientific investigations always involve three types of variables: 1) The independent variable: this is the variable which you deliberately alter, so you will know its values before you start the experiment. For example, if you want to know how the amount of light a plant gets affects its growth, you must give aome plants different amounts of light. Since you need to choose the amounts, you will know the values of this variable before you start the experiment. 2) The dependentvariable:this is the variable you must measure to find out if it changes as a result of you changing the independent variable. Since you have to measure it to find out its values, you will not know the values (ie the results) before doing the experiment. In the plant example you wouls have to find some way of measuring plant growth in the different light conditions. 3) Controlvariables: these are any other variables which may affect the values of your dependent variable, so they need to be kept constant to make it a fair test. In our example, things like the temperature or the amount of water could also alter plant growth, so they would have to be kept constant. These variables are also called confounding variables. The basic principle is only alter one variable (the independent variable) at a time; keep everything else the same. See: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_experiment_fair_test.shtml http://www.fair.science-resources.org/sci_meth.htm
Dependent variable: growth of crystals Independent variable: temperature.
An independent variable is the variable in the experiment that affects the other variable. For example, in an experiment that tests the affect of the amount of fertilizer on plant growth, the amount of fertilizer is the independent variable and the plant growth is the dependent variable. This is because the plant growth DEPENDS on the amount of fertilizer.
The dependent variable is the growth that depends upon (or results from) the application of fertilizer. The independent variable is the fertilizer itself.
An independent variable is the variable of the experiment that the dependent variable depends on. For example, in an experiment testing the effects of soil quality on a plant's growth, the dependent variable would be the plant's growth and the independent variable would be the quality of the soil.
Independent variables can take values within a given boundary. The dependent variable will take values based on the independent variable and a given relationship at which the former can take its values.
Dependent variable is your data, independent variable is what you are testing. Ex. Sunlight would be the independent variable and a plants growth would be the dependent variable.
'Variables' are any factors that can be controlled, changed or measured. There are two types: the independent variable and the dependent variable. The independent variable is the condition that you change and the dependent variable is what you are observing. So if you are trying to measure the effect of water on plant growth the water would be the independent variable and the plant growth would be the dependent variable.
In biology, the dependent variable is the factor being measured or tested in an experiment, and its value depends on the independent variable. The independent variable is the factor that is manipulated or controlled by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable. For example, if studying the effect of different fertilizer amounts (independent variable) on plant growth, the plant growth measurements would be the dependent variable.
Example: the amount of food is the independent variable because it has been changed and the growth of chickens is the dependent variable because the growth will be effected by the amount of food. Growth depends on the food
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The independent variable is the thing you are testing or the thing you control. The dependent variable is what you are measuring.
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