To Test Whether a Chemical Found in Many Common Plastic

Multiple Choice

To test whether a chemical found in many common plastic items is toxic, researchers fed different amounts of the chemical (from 0 to 20 micrograms) to mice and later performed a blood test to determine the amount of toxins present in each mouse.To create a scatterplot of the data, which variable should be listed on the x-axis?

A) independent variable, which is the amount of the chemical given to the mice
B) dependent variable, which is the amount of the chemical given to the mice
C) independent variable, which is the amount of toxins present in the blood test
D) dependent variable, which is the amount of toxins present in the blood test