Question

ms. imfit, the school’s physical education teacher, wants to test the effect of consuming a high level of sugar on her 6th grader’s reaction times. she has one group of students eat 2 large chocolate bars and another eat nothing at all 15 minutes before competing in a reaction time test. 11. the control group: a) students who did not eat chocolate b) the age of the students c) the student’s reaction times d) students who ate chocolate

Explanation:

In an experiment, the control group is the group that does not receive the treatment (in this case, consuming chocolate which is the treatment related to high - sugar intake). The group that did not eat chocolate is used as a baseline to compare the effects of chocolate (high - sugar) consumption on reaction times.

Answer:

a) students who did not eat chocolate