In the Cookie Example, What Is the Independent Variable

question 10

Multiple Choice

In the cookie example, what is the independent variable?

• A) The temperature of the oven
• B) The size of the cookie
• C) Who eats cookies baked with sugar or with sweetener
• D) none of these (a, b, c)

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Definitions:

Fertilization

The process of a sperm cell uniting with an egg cell, leading to the development of a fertilized egg or zygote.

Zygote

The initial cell formed when a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell, representing the earliest stage of embryonic development.

Prenatal Development

The process of growth and development within the womb from conception to birth.

Germinal

Pertaining to the initial two-week phase of prenatal development following conception.