The scientific name for a living thing is an organism.
The two main properties of sound are frequency and amplitude. The frequency of the sound waves determines the pitch of the sound. The amplitude of sound determines the loudness. The quality of sound is affected by the pitch and the loudness.
It's then independent variable.
This is the case because Eleanor is making these temperature changes.
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The dependen variable would then be the result of hatching. This is the case because it depends on the different temperature to see what the effect of temperature change is affecting the time of hatching