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Bioluminescence: Investigating Glow in the Dark Dinoflagellates
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:57 am
by deleted-477477
The dependent variable for this experiment would be the brightness produced by the dinoflagellates, but I'm not sure as to what the independent variable is. I thought it would be time, but the more I think about it the more I question it being wrong. Now I think it would be the light-dark cycles. Would these variables be correct?
Re: Bioluminescence: Investigating Glow in the Dark Dinoflagellates
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 7:12 pm
by SciB
Hi Kat,
You are correct that the dependent variable, the thing that you are measuring, is the light produced by the dinoflagellates. The independent variable is the one you control that affects the organisms--the light/dark cycles in this case. Timing is a factor, but it is the light cycle that is the independent variable and that includes time.
Good luck and do let us know how your experiments turn out. We always like feedback from our students!
Sybee