Scenario #4: Ethan filled 10 cups of the same size with equal amounts of water. He divided the cups into five groups of two cups each. The groups were placed in five
different locations around his house. After two weeks, he measured the remaining water
to determine how much had evaporated, by measuring how much water remained in
each cup
Parts of the Experiment
Independent variable
Dependent variable
The amount of water evaporated
Experimental control?
Constants (Factors
monitored to prevent
introducing another
independent variable)