So the independent variable is the thing that is changed in an experiment and you want to change the amount of rainfall the cactus gets as the hypothesis is about rainfall so the answer would be c). Hope this helps :)
Ladybugs are among the 450,000 species of beetles. They vary with size, color, number of spots, and color of the spots. Asian beetles, which are the ladybugs with no spots, are what you are probably seeing.
The spots and the color are used as a warning for predators, such as many poisonous frogs.
Not completely sure, but maybe C.?
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