1 point A scientist notices that a local population of frogs has started to develop
deformities. He designs an experiment to identify the source of the
deformities, using unhatched frog eggs and a variety of environmental
stimuli. Which of the following would be the dependent variable in this
experiment? *
A. the introduction of pesticides to the frog eggs
B. the number of frog eggs used in the study's sample
C. the development of deformities in the hatched frogs
D. the size of the aquariums in which the frog eggs were kept