Question

quincy worked in a restaurant that had a vegetable garden. part of his job was to care for the tomato plants. he had heard that pruning, or trimming, tomato plants can help tomatoes grow. he wondered if pruning would affect how well his tomato plants grew. quincy chose 24 tomato plants that were similar in size. he pruned an equal number of branches from each of the first 12 plants. he left the other 12 plants unpruned. then, each week, quincy weighed the tomatoes that he picked from each group of plants. complete the sentence. in this experiment, the pruned tomato plants were part of an experimental group a control group a tomato plant

Explanation:

Step1: Identify control and experimental groups

The unpruned 12 - plant group is control, pruned 12 - plant group is experimental.

Step2: Understand the variable being tested

The variable is pruning, and it's tested on tomato - plant growth.

Answer:

In this experiment, the pruned tomato plants were part of the experimental group and the unpruned tomato plants were part of the control group.