A properly designed experiments changes one variable at a time. A student wanted to know which type of sugar would yield the greatest amount of energy for the cell when metabolized during cellular respiration by mitochondria. The student mixed yeasts in three different sugar solutions: maltose, glucose, sucrose. The three sets of yeasts were monitored to determine which sugar type yielded the most energy. List three factors that the student must keep constant during the experiment
Question
Answer:
The amount of water
The amount of sugar and
The amount of yeast
Explanation:
A constant variable is that variable in an experiment which must be kept the same for all groups in order not to alter the results of the experiment.
In this question, the independent variable i.e. the variable being manipulated is the TYPE OF SUGAR USED while the dependent variable i.e. variable that responds to change is AMOUNT OF ENERGY. Three different types of sugar were used viz: maltose, glucose, and sucrose. To not alter the outcome of the experiment, the constants of this experiment i.e. variables that must be the same for all groups of the experiment, include the following:
– The amount of water
– The amount of sugar
– The amount of yeast used