Bioluminescence: Investigating Glow-in-the-Dark Dinoflagellates

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Bioluminescence: Investigating Glow-in-the-Dark Dinoflagellates

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In the experiment Bioluminescence: Investigating Glow-in-the-Dark Dinoflagellates what is the variable in the experiment? this part always confuses me. Thanks for your help!
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Re: Bioluminescence: Investigating Glow-in-the-Dark Dinoflagellates

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lcb1498 wrote:In the experiment Bioluminescence: Investigating Glow-in-the-Dark Dinoflagellates what is the variable in the experiment? this part always confuses me. Thanks for your help!
Hello,

A variable is something that is changed in the experiment. After reading the procedures, can you figure out what you are changing in your experiment? You will observe what happens because of that change. That would be the variable.

Here's more information about independent variables, dependent variables, and controlled variables on this site:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... bles.shtml
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