<span>There are two hormones that determine whether you fell hungry or full -- ghrelin and leptin. Ghrelin sounds like gremlin, and it's the hormone that makes your stomach churn and says, 'Hey, you gotta eat.' The second, leptin, sends message from fat that tells your brain you are full.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
A bonds with T and C bonds with G
        
             
        
        
        
The independent variable is the temperature. Independent variable refers to the  variable in an experiment that can be changed by the scientists or the one making the experiment. A good experiments has a single independent variable and the changes observed will be the dependent variable. In this case, the dependent variable is the gender of the turtle.