A student decides to set up an experiment to see if detergen…

A student decides to set up an experiment to see if detergent affects the growth of seeds. He sets up ten seed pots. Five of the seed pots will receive a small amount of detergent in the soil and will be placed in the sun. The other five seed pots will not receive detergent and will be placed in the shade. All ten seed pots will receive the same amount of water, the same number of seeds, and are the same type of seed. He grows the seeds for two months and charts the growth every two days.  What is wrong with his experiment?

Read the paragraph. Then answer the question below.  A stude…

Read the paragraph. Then answer the question below.  A student decided to set up an experiment to see if cats preferred skim milk, 2% milk, or whole milk. She put out a cup of each type of milk for 5 kittens and then measured how much the kittens drank of each type of milk over the course of a day. This was repeated each day for a week. Each type of milk was served at the same temperature and in the same size container. The kittens drank 50% more of the whole milk than the other types. The student discovered that the cats liked the whole milk more than the other types of milk. What is the independent variable?