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scZoUnD [109]
3 years ago
8

A scientist hypothesizes that increasing the amount of salt in a body of water will decrease the number of plants that can live

in the water. What is the independent variable?
Group of answer choices

Amount of salt

Amount of water

Temperature of the water

Number of plants in the water
Biology
1 answer:
Harlamova29_29 [7]3 years ago
3 0

Dependent and Independent variables are regarded as variables in mathematical and statistical modeling and of course in some other aspects.

The independent variable is this case is the amount of salt.

  • In this kind of scenario, one can think of independent and dependent variables in terms of cause and effect.  
  • An independent variable is the variable we assume to be the cause, while a dependent variable is assumed as the effect.
  • Therefore, with this case, the amount of salt would cause a decrease in the number of plants.
  • While the effect of increasing the amount of salt would be seen in the number of plants.

Learn more about dependent and independent variable: brainly.com/question/25223322

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