1 A small 3-ounce piece of meat has about 21 grams of protein. A typical 8-ounce piece of meat could have over 50 grams of protein. 2  One 8-ounce container of yogurt has about 11 grams of protein. 3  One cup of milk has 8 grams of protein.  One cup of dry beans has about 16 grams of protein.
All of these aspects of peanut growth can be measured and can be used as dependent variables in an experiment. There are different dependent variables possible in an experiment. The investigator can choose the one he thinks is most important, or he can choose to measure more than one dependent variable.
An independent variable is the variable that is changed in a scientific experiment. Independent variables are the variables that the experimenter changes to test their dependent variable. For example, a scientist is testing the effect of light and dark on the behavior of moths by turning a light on and off.he independent variable is the amount of light and the moth's reaction is the dependent variable. A change in the independent variable directly causes a change in the dependent variable.