A scientist is interested in the production of the chemical Hilaritine by the mushroom Bozo rediculariti for use as an anti-depressant. They perform an experiment by growing several groups of mushrooms at 10, 20, and 40 degrees Celsius. They then extract the mushrooms in ethanol and test the ethanol extracts to measure the amount of Hilaritine present.
A. What would be the dependent variable in this experiment?
B. Is this variable quantitative or qualitative?
C. If they were to analyze their results using a graph, which specific parameter from the experiment should be placed on the X-axis?
