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A student notices that a water plant placed in bright light gives off bubbles. The student wants to design an experiment to investigate the effect of light

intensity on the rate of bubble production
What would be an appropriate experimental design to test the effect of light intensity on the rate of bubble production?

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Answer/Explanation:

Set up 4 highly similar (same species, ideally same size and health) water plants under exactly the same conditions except for light intensity.

Cover one plant with a cover such that no light can get through

Cover the other plants such that no light can get through except for the light from the following lamps:

Put one plant under a semi-dull lamp

Put one plant under a bright lamp.

Put one plant under a very bright lamp

This means you have entirely controlled how much light gets to each plant, but everything else is the same

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