An agriscience/student in an Ag Biology class at Elk Grove High School wants to test the effectiveness ofcommercial ant insecticides. The student places one thousand ants into three plastic containers. Container
A) contains only food and water, Container B) cobtains food water and a Raid Ant Trap, Container C) contains food water and a Black Flag Ant Trap. The student observes the number of live ants at hourly intervals, recording her finding for a period of 24 hours.
1) What is the control /constant?
2) What is the dependent variable? 3) What is the independent variable?
4) Are the variables qualitative or quantitative? Why
5) Identify possible sources of unavoidable experimental error
