Question

a student conducts an experiment to test how the temperature affects the amount of sugar that can dissolve in water. in the experiment, she uses 100 milliliters of water in each trial and stirs for five minutes each time. what is the independent variable? the amount of water the time stirred the temperature of the water the amount of sugar

Explanation:

The independent variable is the factor that the experimenter changes or manipulates to observe its effect on the dependent variable. Here, the student is testing how temperature affects sugar - dissolution, so temperature is what is being changed. The amount of water and time stirred are held constant. The amount of sugar that dissolves is the dependent variable.

Answer:

the temperature of the water