Ben and Laura design an experiment to determine where to place a plant in their classroom in order to maximize the growth of the plant they choose three of the same type of house plant and put them in different locations in the classroom they put plant a indirect sunlight by the window they place plant be on a shelf in the teachers office which contained windows but the plant is not in direct sunlight they placed plant C in a cabinet where it will receive no sunlight they ensure that each plant is the same height in the same type of pot and has the same amount of soil they plan to check each plant every day at the same time And measure the height of the plant in centimeters each day for a month. identify the variables in this experiment. The independent variable is the dependent variable is