Scientific Variables (Part 2) Identify the variables in the experiment. You decide to test whether plants help prevent erosion of soil or not. You take two samples of soil, and plant grass in one of the samples. Once the grass has taken root, you pour water through both soil samples and measure how much soil is removed from each sample. 1. If you were to perform this experiment, what would your hypothesis be? D In th ch W D th C V C 2. Independent Variable: 3. Dependent Variable: 4. Control: 5. Constants: t ( C t