A farmer wants to test the affects of a pesticide on his peach crop yield so he sprays an orchand with the pesticide treatment. a second orchard does nto receive the pesticides in the fall the number of peaches harvested from each orchard is counted. which of the following is the independent(manipulated) variable in the experiment.
1. the second orchard
2. the pesticide
3. the number of peaches
4. the first orchard
1 answer
2. the pesticide