Can someone explain how to find the independent and dependent variable ? For paper5
Independant = variable that YOU are changing
Dependant = variable that changes as a result of what you changed
e.g. experiment on finding optimum temperature for an enzyme's rate of reaction
What are you changing? Temperature. So it's the independent variable.
When you change the temperature, the rate changes i.e. the time taken for the enzyme reaction changes. So the dependant variable is the time taken for the reaction to occur/rate.