Question

that are described. meg liked to make guacamole, but she could often find only unripe avocados at the grocery store. in biology class, meg learned that ripe fruits produce a gas called ethylene that can cause other fruits to ripen. meg wondered whether storing ripe bananas with unripe avocados would make the avocados ripen faster. meg prepared four paper bags with five unripe avocados in each bag. she added one ripe banana to two of the bags and no bananas to the remaining two bags. then, meg sealed all four bags. after three days, she opened each bag and counted the number of ripe avocados in each bag. which of the following was a dependent variable in this experiment? the number of ripe bananas the number of ripe avocados

Explanation:

In an experiment, the dependent variable is what is being measured and is affected by the independent variable. Here, Meg is testing if storing ripe bananas with unripe avocados makes avocados ripen faster. She measures the number of ripe avocados, which depends on the presence or absence of ripe bananas. The number of ripe bananas is part of the experimental setup (independent - variable manipulation), not what is being measured.

Answer:

the number of ripe avocados