Predictions are often written as IF……THEN…statements. IF my hypothesis is true THEN I expect this specific event to happen. Suppose you like to explore caves. After exploring many caves you notice that you’ve never seen a plant growing in a very deep cave where sunlight doesn’t reach. A possible hypothesis you might generate is: Plants require sunlight to grow. Hypotheses must be testable. Think of an experiment you could do to test this. Complete the following prediction being as specific as possible (what plant? How many of these plants? What will you do to them? What type of quantitative data collected would support this hypothesis?) IF plants require sunlight to grow THEN ___________________________________ Read the definitions for independent and dependent variables. In your above experiment what is independent variable? __________ In your above experiment what is the dependent variable? ___________