A student is studying the effect of fertilizer on fruit growth he uses 6 tomato plants placing each in a garden where they get equal amounts of sun and water. One plant is given no fertilizer while the other 5 plants are given 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 grams of dissolved fertilizer each day for 3 weeks at the end of the experiment the tomato fruits are weighed

What is the dependent variable in this experiment

Fruit weight

Amount of fertilizer

Amount of water

Sun exposure

The dependent variable in this experiment is fruit weight.