Question

Some students wanted to find out the effects of giving vitamins to plants. They reasoned that since vitamins are good for humans, they should be good for other livings things, as well. Their hypothesis was "If plants are given water that contains vitamins, then they will grow taller". 1-What is the independent variable in this experiment?

Answer 1

water containing vitamins

Step-by-step explanation:

The independent variable is the variable that can be changed or manipulated in order to influence the dependent variable to get the outcome. The dependent variable is the variable that gets influenced by the independent variable.

In the given example, water containing vitamins are the independent variable that can be changed or manipulated that influence the growth of plant that is the dependent variable.

Hence, the correct answer is " water containing vitamins".