Nami conducts an investigation on plants. She places a grow light on a timer to give the plants different amounts of light to see if this would affect their growth. Which term describes the amount of light in this investigation?

The amount of light is the factor Nami deliberately changes to test its effect on plant growth. A factor that is deliberately changed is the independent variable; plant growth is the dependent variable because it is measured.

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