. What is the independent variable? (what scientist changes or makes different)Cory wants to see which cup will keep his coffee hottest. He usually drinks coffee out of a Styrofoam cup but decides to compare it to 3 different types of cups. Cory puts 250 ml of his favorite coffee at 95 degrees Celsius into a Styrofoam cup, a plastic cup, a glass cup, and a paper cup. He measures the temperature change of the coffee after 10 minutes.