The relationship between the independent and dependent variables was that it was very hard measuring the water because you had to have the same amount of water for both water bottles, you’re not just going to have a bottle of cold water and just a little bit of hot water in the other water bottle. The independent variable affected the dependent variable because it was hard breaking the alka seltzer to the same size so the hot and cold water would both work at the same rate. This is important to society because if you know what water temperature to use to keeps the food coloring moving and also depending on how much alka seltzer you are using.