Question

Researchers gave different amounts of alcohol to mice, then measured the change in each mouse's body temperature 15 minutes after taking the alcohol. In this study, ___________is the explanatory variable.

A. alcohol
B. body temperature
C. time
D. none

Answer 1

The answer is A. alcohol.

Step-by-step explanation:

The explanatory variable is defined as the one responsible of predicting an experiment outcome. The term is may also called independent variable, because it is stable and not affected by other factors.

Explanatory variables are useful for describing cause-effect results.