Question

Daniel wants to know how much water is best to give a pepper plant. He plans to buy 5 similar pepper plants in pots and put them all in the same area of his patio, in the sunshine. He will number each pot, 1-5, and water them according to their number:
Pot #1 he will water every day, pot #2 he will water every second day, pot #3 he will water every third day, and so on. He will record his observations once each week. After 6 weeks, he plans to evaluate the health of each plant, recording his results.

What is the variable in Daniel's planned experiment?

Answer 1

Independent variable: The difference in the amount of water the plants are fed. Dependant variable: the health of the plants . Control variable: temperature, amount of sunshine, type of plant amount of co2,