Your basal metabolism is the number of calories required to keep your body functioning at rest. People who weigh more are more likely to have a faster basal metabolic rate.
It’s important because your heart must beat faster during exercising because the increase of the heart rate also will need a increase of cardiac output to deliver the necessary blood flow to the muscles.
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Answer: Time is the independent variable, and the number of birds is the dependent variable.
Explanation: The independent variable is a variable that's variation doesn't depend on that of another (it's independent!); or in simpler words, it's the variable that is being changed but is not being measured. It is also often denoted by x. The dependent variable is a variable that's values does depend on that of another (it's 'dependent')-- or it's basically the variable that's be measured. Hope this helps! :)