Mrs. Vest\'s 10th grade classes decided to perform an experiment to test the dur

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Mrs. Vest's 10th grade classes decided to perform an experiment to test the durability of zip top bags using goldfish and Oscar fish. They placed five goldfish in five different brands of zip top bags and placed them into large aquarium swarming with ten hungry Oscars. The same type of and amount of water was used in each bag and they were left for five hours. Write a Title for this experiment? Write a hypothesis for this experiment? What is the independent variable for this experiment? What is the dependent variable for this experiment? What is the control for this experiment? Make conclusions supported by the data?

Explanation / Answer

1. The title can be "Testing the durability of zip top bags".

2. The hypothesis is different brands of zip top bags have varying durabilities.

3. The independent variable is that which is not affected by the other variables in the experiment. In this case the independent variable is time.

4. The dependent variable is the one which depends on then independent variable chosen. The dependent variable is durability of brands of bags.

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