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believe that the plant which is fed sugar water will be least affected,
the plant which is fed bleach will be most.
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I constructed my experiment based on my curiosity. I wanted to know, between
salted water, sugared water, oil, vinegar, alcohol and bleach, which would
affect tropical plants over a period of time. I believed the plants containing
salt water would suffer the least effects. Salt, out of all six plants, would the
least harmful, because it comes the closest to water. I also believe that
the plant containing bleach would differ from the other plants. I believed
this because it contains the most acidic components.
To conduct my experiment, I needed six plants of the same kind (tropicals) and in similar conditions. I marked each plant and liquid with a different letter, A through F, so it would be easier to know which plant gets which liquid. I also noted each plant's progress for the next 9 days to see which plants were benefitting from the liquids they were being fed.
Throughout the days in which I conducted this experiment, I concluded that
my hypothesis was partially correct. The plant which received bleach, suffered
the most. The leaves and soil both changed color and the plant began to
die. However, I was incorrect about the salt watered plant being the least
affected plant out of the group. Believe it or not, vinegar was the liquid,
which had the least effect on the plant. The plant which was fed by vinegar,
only had a few leaves missing, while the salted and sugar watered plants
had light green leaves and mold in the soil. If I had the chance to do
this experiment once again, I would probably use the same amount of plants.
I would use two different amounts of different liquids to see which grows
the best.
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-6 small plants which are the same: -height -type -color -size -6 different forms of liquid -salted water -sugared water -oil -vinegar -alcohol -bleach -1 ml measuring cylinder that measures least 100ml |
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1. Get your
6 plants and label them with a letter A through F
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Get your 6 liquids and label them A through F
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Pour each lettered liquid into it'slettered plant
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Take note of all results possible to see which has better results
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Through my observation, I concluded that my hypothesis that the sugar watered
plant would grow the best and the bleach watered plant would be the most
affected, was correct. PLANT B grew the best and PLANT F died.
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Jamie B.
Timber Ridge Magnet School