A Botanist Conducted an Experiment to Test the Effect of Light

question 30

Multiple Choice

A botanist conducted an experiment to test the effect of light on plants. Fifty plants of a flowering species were grown for 60 days under different lengths of artificial daylight. Flowers could be white or pink based on the parent plant genes. The amount of water and fertilizer provided was constant. At the end of the experiment, the size of each leaf for all plants is measured. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?

• A) duration of artificial daylight
• B) flower's color
• C) leaf's size
• D) duration of the experiment

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