Question

kendra liked to make guacamole, but she often found only unripe avocados at the grocery store. kendra learned that ripe fruits produce a gas called ethylene, which can cause other fruits to ripen. she thought that storing ripe bananas with avocados would make the avocados ripen faster. kendra placed three unripe avocados in each of six bags. she added one ripe banana to two of the bags and three ripe bananas to two other bags. she did not add any bananas to the remaining two bags. then, kendra sealed all six bags. after two days, she counted the number of ripe avocados in each bag. complete the sentence. in this experiment, the bags with three avocados and one banana were part of a control group an experimental group

Explanation:

The control group is the group that does not receive the experimental treatment. Here, the bags with no bananas are the control group. The bags with three avocados and one banana receive the treatment (exposure to ethylene - producing bananas), so they are part of the experimental group.

Answer:

an experimental group