Jordan wants to see if a kind of fertilizer helps her tomato plants produce more tomato fruits. She puts the fertilizer in one row of tomato plants. In another row of plants, she does not use any fertilizer. Which is best for Jordan to compare in her experiment?

the height of each tomato plant

the height of each tomato plant

the amount of sunlight each plant receives

the amount of sunlight each plant receives

the number of tomatoes she picks each week

the number of tomatoes she picks each week

the amount of fertilizer she puts down each week

2 answers

the height of each tomato plant
The question in the beginning sentence is "to see if a kind of fertilizer helps her tomato plants produce more tomato fruits". So it seems to me that she doesn't care how high the tomato plants get, the question is how many tomato fruits are produced.