Squidward's symphony
• squidward loves playing his clarinet and believes it attracts more jellyfish than any
other instrument he has played. in order to test his hypothesis, squidward played
a song on his clarinet for a total of 5 minutes and counted the number of jelly fish
he saw in his front yard. he played his song for a total of 3 times on the clarinet
then repeated the experiment using a flute and then a guitar. he also recorded the
number of jellyfish he observed before he began playing an instrument. the results
are shown in the data table below.
number of jellyfish/instrument
a) what is the scientific question squidward is trying
to answer?
trials
clarinet
flute
guitar
no
music
b) what is the independent variable?
c) what is the dependent variable?
d) did his experiment work?