Meredith notices that different plant fertilizers are made up of different chemicals. Some fertilizers are high in nitrogen. Other fertilizers are high in phosphorus. Meredith hypothesizes that nitrogen-rich fertilizers are best to grow fruit crops such as strawberries. When she is designing her experiment, what should be her variable
Controlled experiments should have only one variable. Since Meredith wants to know how different fertilizers affect fruit crops, her variable should be the type of fertilizer.