Fawzi wants to see if nicotine causes cancer in rats. Half of his rats are given nicotine, and the other half are not. In this experiment, the rats that receive nicotine are the ____, and the rats that do not are the ____.

A. independent variable; dependent variable
B. dependent variable; independent variable
C. control group; experimental group
D. experimental group; control group


Answer: D

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