Tee wants to win a blue ribbon at the fair this year for the largest tomato plants. He would like to compare two new plant foods on his tomato plants to see if they really make the plants grow larger. Tee needs to design an experiment to see which plant food works better. He has three of the same type of tomato plant and they all receive the same
amount of sunlight and water, and are kept at the same temperature. Tee adds Miracle Grow to plant A, Kate’s Fertilizer to plant B, and he lets plant C grow without any plant food. He measures the growth of the plants every week.
A. What is the independent variable? (1 pt)
B. What is the dependent variable? (1 pt)
C. What would the control group be? (1 pt)