Question

question 4 (multiple choice worth 2 points) (04.04 lc) a fertilizer company is trying to find a new herbal pesticide to add to its product. company managers know that peppermint oil or lavender oil will be used. they also know that the time of day the fertilizer is applied, morning and night, affects the pesticide. an experiment will compare all combinations of these choices. three types of insects will be subjected to each treatment and scored for quality. what are the treatments? peppermint oil and morning, peppermint oil and night, lavender oil and morning, lavender oil and night peppermint oil and morning, lavender oil and night peppermint oil and lavender oil morning and night insects

Explanation:

Treatments are all unique combinations of the experimental factors. Here, the factors are oil type (peppermint, lavender) and time of day (morning, night). The combinations are peppermint oil + morning, peppermint oil + night, lavender oil + morning, lavender oil + night. Insect groups are the subjects, not treatments.

Answer:

Peppermint oil and morning, peppermint oil and night, lavender oil and morning, lavender oil and night