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Alfonso is conducting an experiment to determine whether temperature affects how fast earthworms move. identify the dependent variable and the independent variable

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Independent Variable(what changes): The temperature they are put in. Dependent Variable(what you measure): How fast earth worms move.
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For this case, the first thing we must do is define variables.

We have then:

T: temperature

s: speed with which earthworms move

The dependent variable is the results that occur when we substitute a value of the independent variable, both in equations and in experiments.

We observe that we have a function of the form:

s = s (T)

Therefore, we have to:

Independent variable: Temperature

Dependent variable: speed with which earthworms move

Answer:

Independent variable: Temperature

Dependent variable: speed with which earthworms move

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