Question

A farmer wants to test the affects of a pesticide on his peach crop yield, so he sprays an orchard with the pesticide treatment. A second orchard does not receive the pesticide. 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 point)
Responses

the pesticide
the pesticide

the first orchard
the first orchard

the number of peaches
the number of peaches

the second orchard

1 answer

the pesticide