Cassie wants to do an experiment about osmosis. She decides to use a carrot to represent a cell. She puts one carrot into distilled water, one carrot into salt water, and one carrot into sugar water. She records the mass of each carrot before and after they sit in the solution for 10 minutes. What is the independent variable in the experiment?

Cassie wants to do an experiment about osmosis. She decides to use a carrot to represent a cell. She puts one carrot into distilled water, one carrot into salt water, and one carrot into sugar water. She records the mass of each carrot before and after they sit in the solution for 10 minutes. What is the dependent variable in the experiment?

Cassie wants to do an experiment about osmosis. She decides to use a carrot to represent a cell. She puts one carrot into distilled water, one carrot into salt water, and one carrot into sugar water. She records the mass of each carrot before and after they sit in the solution for 10 minutes. What is the control group?

Cassie wants to do an experiment about osmosis. She decides to use a carrot to represent a cell. She puts one carrot into distilled water, one carrot into salt water, and one carrot into sugar water. She records the mass of each carrot before and after they sit in the solution for 10 minutes. What is the purpose of this experiment?

Cassie wants to do an experiment about osmosis. She decides to use a carrot to represent a cell. She puts one carrot into distilled water, one carrot into salt water, and one carrot into sugar water. She records the mass of each carrot before and after they sit in the solution for 10 minutes. What concept(s) about osmosis does this experiment align with?