Question

Dr. Blehert took 117 healthy bats into his laboratory. He exposed 83 of them to the fungus suspected of causing white-nose syndrome (WNS) while the rest of the bats were not exposed to the fungus but otherwise kept under the same environmental conditions. All of the bats were monitored for symptoms of WNS. What was the dependent variable in Dr. Blehert's experiment?

Answer 1

The dependent variable in Dr. Blehert's experiment was the development of white nose syndrome (WNS) in the healthy bats.

Step-by-step explanation:

All the bats were monitored for the white nose syndrome. so , the exposure of 83 of them of the fungus suspected to cause white nose syndrome (WNS) while the rest were not exposed but kept under the same environmental condition.