Understanding The Process of Science

 'Does European Corn Borer affect the yield in corn?'

While performing a virtual stimulation corn controlled experiment for the question  'Does European Corn Borer affect the yield in corn?' was set up as a way to test the effect of different levels European Corn Borer infestation on the yield of different varieties of corn, I used three of each Golden Corn(non Bt crop) and BT 1, 2, 3 Corn for this experiment.  The Golden corn had a low level of infestation while Bt 1, 2, and 3had a high level. The level of infestation in this experiment is also the independent variable. The dependent variable of this experiment will then be the measure of the yield of corn which you figure out from the amount of kernels per ear of corn. As the corn grew the Golden Corn was placed with a low level of infestation while the BT 1,2,3 Corn grew with a higher level of infestation. Each pot of kernel for the Golden Corn was higher than the BT 1,2,3 Corn. So the answer to the question 'Does European Corn Borer affect the yield in corn?' According to my results are that the higher the infestation the lower yield that  will be produced.

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