Students are conducting an experiment to determine if the amount of sunlight affects the size of clover leaves. They plant clover in two identical pots, placing one next to a window and one inside a cupboard. They water each pot daily with 10 mL of water. Which is the independent variable?(1 point) Responses the amount of light the plants receive the amount of light the plants receive the kind of pot the plants are in the kind of pot the plants are in the volume of water the plants receive the volume of water the plants receive the size of the plants’ leaves the size of the plants’ leaves

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The independent variable in this experiment is the amount of light the plants receive. This is the factor that the students are manipulating in order to observe its effect on the size of the clover leaves.