STATION 4Joseph loves to eat. One of his favorite food is a sandwich. He makes it with peanut butter,jams, ham, and even portions of margarine. His mother bought two packs ofbread. As he was about to prepare his sandwich, he saw molds on the sides of the bread.He ran to his mom and told her about the molds. His mom told him to put a slice of breadinside an air-tight container, the other slice to put in a paper bag and the remainingslices, he left in the bread plastics.o Complete the table below.STATION231HYPOTHESISCONTROLLEDINDEPENDENT DEPENDENTVARIABLEVARIABLE
Answer (1)
HypothesisIf bread is stored in an air-tight container, then it will have less mold growth compared to bread stored in a paper bag or left in the original plastic packaging.Controlled Variables- Type of bread- Amount of moisture in the bread- Temperature of the storage environment- Duration of storageIndependent Variable- Method of storage (air-tight container, paper bag, original plastic packaging)Dependent Variable- Amount of mold growth on the bread slices (measured by visual inspection or a specific mold growth metric)
