Independent and Dependent Variables

Question

Different rose bushes are grown in a greenhouse for two months. The number of flowers on each bush is counted at the end of an experiment. What is the IV?

Different rose bushes are grown in a greenhouse for two months. The number of flowers on each bush is counted at the end of an experiment. What is the DV?

Answer 1

The independent variable would be time because this is independent of what you do in the experiment.

The dependent variable would be number of flowers grown because this is the measurable outcome of the experiment.