Common in Science

Question 1

What is an independent variable?

Answer 1

The thing you change to measure if it made a difference

E.g. the amount of lights given to a plant

Question 2

What is the dependent variable?

Answer 2

It is the thing you measure

E.g. the height of a plant

Question 3

What is a control variable?

Answer 3

All the variables need to be kept the same to have a fair experiment.

E.g. Temperature, type of soil, type of plants (Don’t include equipment)