Identify the dependent and independent variables in the following experiments.

Question

1. Height of bean plants is recorded daily for 2 weeks.

2. Percent absorption by a pigment is measured for red, blue, green, and yellow wavelengths of light.

My thought process:
1.
a. Dependent: Height of bean plants

b. Independent: Types of bean plants

2.
a. Dependent: Percent absorption

b. Color of the light wavelengths

Answer 1

1a. Correct

1b. Although you may be right, your data has no indication that different varieties of bean plants are being used.

2a. Right.

2b. wavelengths

Answer 2

Yes second answer is correct.