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Unit Test — Unit test

Question 10 • TX-Biology A-CR

A dependent variable is best described as

Answer
A
the variable that causes other variables to change.
B
the variable that must be kept from changing.
C
the variable that responds to changes in an independent variable.
D
the variable that determines which other variables will be independent.

Explanation

The dependent variable is the outcome you observe or measure. It responds to changes made to the independent variable, so choice C is correct. The variable that is deliberately changed is the independent variable, not the dependent variable.

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