Question

Maggie loves fresh brownies, and her grandma told her if she places a piece of bread in the storage container with the brownies, the brownies will stay fresh and moist longer. Maggie decides to test this idea. She bakes a batch of Betty Crocker brownies. She places 6 brownies in 6 individual tupperware containers. Each brownie is the same size and placed in the same location. She adds a piece of bread to three of the brownie containers, and leaves the other three alone. Each day for three weeks she measures the moistness of the brownies and records her results. What is the independent variable? What is the dependant variable? What are the constants? Hypothesis? What are the control groups? What is the experimental group?

Answer 1

Independent variable - Piece of bread

Dependant variable - Moistness of brownie

Constants- Same size and location of brownie

Hypothesis - IF a piece of bread is added to a brownie container, THEN the brownie will be moister

Control groups- The set of brownie containers she adds no piece of bread to

Experimental group- The set of brownie containers she adds a piece of bread to

Step-by-step explanation:

The hypothesis in an experiment is a testable explanation to a given problem, which is whether a piece of bread can make brownie moist in this question. Hence, a possible hypothesis will be: IF a piece of bread is added to a brownie container, THEN the brownie will be moister

Independent variable is the variable that the experimenter changes or manipulates in the experiment. In this case, the independent variable is the PIECE OF BREAD added to the brownie.

The dependent variable is the variable that is being measured in an experiment. The dependent variable in this case is the MOISTNESS of the brownie

Constants are variables that the experimenter keeps unchanged for all the groups throughout the experiment. In this case, the constants are SAME SIZE AND LOCATION OF BROWNIE.

Control group is the group that does not receive the experimental treatment or independent variable while the experimental group is the group that receives the experimental treatment. The control group in this experiment is: The set of brownie containers she adds no piece of bread to, while the experimental group is the: The set of brownie containers she adds a piece of bread to