Question 7.98

68. The ability to grow in shade may help pines found in the dry forests of Arizona resist drought. How well do these pines grow in shade? Investigators planted pine seedlings in a greenhouse in either full light or light reduced to 5% of normal by shade cloth. At the end of the study, they dried the young trees and weighed them.

  1. Explain why this study is an experiment.
  2. What are the individuals, the treatments, and the response variable in this experiment?
  3. You have 200 pine seedlings available. Outline the design that you would use for this experiment.