// Field files for grades 5–12Observe. Measure. Explain.
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Read a short experiment scenario and identify the independent, dependent and controlled variables.

A student tests whether classical music makes pea plants grow taller by playing music to one group of pots and silence to another, then measuring plant height after 3 weeks. Every pot gets the same soil, pot size, and light.

Which is the independent variable?
Which is the dependent variable?