In an Experiment to Study the Effects of Fertilizer on Plants

question 122

Multiple Choice

In an experiment to study the effects of fertilizer on plants, the growth rate of the plants would be

• A)the dependent variable.
• B)an extraneous variable.
• C)an irrelevant variable.
• D)the independent variable.

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