An experiment is a “scientific test” often carried out und…
An experiment is a “scientific test” often carried out under controlled conditions that involve manipulating one factor (or variable) in a system in order to see the effects of changing that factor. In an experiment to test the hypothesis, “temperature controls sex determination (= male or female?) in crocodile embryos,” a researcher incubates crocodile eggs in incubators set at different temperatures and counts the number of male vs female hatchlings in each incubator. Which of the following correctly identifies the dependent and independent variables in the experiment?