Agroup of scientists are studying the effects of different fertilizers on the growth of pea plants. they began their study with 10 pea plants. they gave each plant a different type of fertilizer and tracked their growth over a period of 2 months. what’s the independent variable in this experiment? a. the plants b. the amount of fertilizer c. the growth of the plants d. the type of fertilizer

[120 total points] (public health) in one of the largest human experiments ever conducted, in 1954 a randomized controlled trial was run to see whether a vaccine developed by a doctor named jonas salk was effective in preventing paralytic polio. a total of 401,974 children (ages 6–9), chosen to be representative of those who might be susceptible to the disease, were randomized to two groups: 200,745 children (the control group c) were injected with a harmless saline solution (a placebo) and the other 201,229 children (the treatment group t) were injected with salk’s vaccine.what was the point of giving saline solution to the children who didn’t get the vaccine? explain briefly.

If your goal is to improve your person relationships with your friends at school, which category would it fall into? a. physical b. emotional c. social d. academic

When comparing the digestive and urinary system, we can conclude that they both