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Hypothesis:
Thecontrolgroupwillbejustwaterwillbegiventoaplantandput
underneathawhitelight.IfIaddgreenteatoaplant,whichtheboostofantioxidant
fromthegreenteawillmaketheplantleavesgreenerandbigger,oraddcoconutwater
toaplantitsrhizobacteriawillpromoteamorerapidrootformation,oraddinghoneyto
aplantwhichisanaturalroothormone(stimulatesgrowth.)Thentheseplantswillgrow
fasterthanthecontrolplant,becauseoftheaddedhelptomakethemgrowfaster.
MATERIALS:
water,honey,coconutwater,greenteaandwater
2X2plantplotters
whitelight
labels
EXPERMENT?PROCEDURES:
2/29:honey:addtowatermixwithhoney10ml5mlofjustwater
coconutwater:10mland5mlofjustwater
greentea:10mlad5mlofwater
control:10mlofwater
3/1:honey3dropsofhoneymixedwithwater10mland5mlofjustwater
coconutwater:10mland5mlofjustwater
greentea:10mlofgreenteaand5mlofwater
control:10mlofwater
3/2:Didnotnotaddanythingthisday.
3/3:honey:3dropspfhoney10mland5mlofwater
coconutwater:10ml5mlofjustwater
greentea:10mland5mlofwater
control:10mlofwater.
34:Didnotaddanythingtoplantsthisday.
3/7:(Changedprocedure,tookout5mlofjustwater)
honey:3dropsofhoneymixedwithwater5ml
coconutwater:5ml
greentea:5ml
control:stayedthesame,10mlofwater
38:honey:3dropsofhoneymixedwithwater5ml
coconutwater:5ml
greentea:5ml
control:10mlofwater
3/10:(changedprocedurefrom5mlto8mlor10ml)
honey:3dropsofhoneymixedwithwater8ml
coconutwater:8ml
greentea:8ml
control:10mlofwater
3/13:Didnotaddanythingthisday.
3/17:honey:3dropsofhoneymixedwithwater8ml
coconutwater:8ml
greentea:8ml
control:8mlofwater
3/18:honey:3dropsofhoneymixedwithwater10ml
coconutwater:10ml
greentea:10ml
control:10mlofwater
Coconut
Control(mm) water(mm)
Dates
Greentea
(mm)
Honey(mm)
2/29/2016
3/1/2016
3/2/2016
3/3/2016
3/4/2016
3/7/2016
3/8/2016
10
10
3/9/2016
20
20
3/10/2016
25
25
3/11/2016
40
40
3/14/2016
40
50
3/15/2016
50
50
3/16/2016
50
50
3/17/2016
50
50
3/18/2016
60
60
3/21/2016
60
60
Thedatashowsthatoveraperiodoftimethegrowthoftheflower
Forgetmenotswasdifferentbecauseofthedifferentvariablesusedtogrowtheflower.
Thedifferentvariableswerewater(whichisthenormalcontrol)coconutwater,honey
andgreentea.Thegreenteaandthecontrolgrewtothesameheight,butgreentea
grewthefastestbetweenthetwo.Honeyandcoconutwaterdidnotgrow.
Myvariableswere,greentea,honey,coconutwaterandWaterwasmycontrol.
Iwasmeasuringthegrowthofaplantovertimewithdifferentvariablestoseewhatplant
grewthemost.Iobservedthattwoplantswithcoconutwaterandhoneydidnotgrow
andtheplantswithgreenteaandwatergrewthemost.Ilearnedthatwhitelighthelps
plantsgrowandcoconutwaterandhoneyarentthebesttouseifyouwantyourplants
togrowfast.Somethingthatmayhavehadanimpactedonmyresultswouldbe,I
couldn'tfigureoutafixedamountofhowmuchIshouldwatermyplantsaweek.
AquestionIwouldhaveifIwasgoingtocontinuewouldbe,iftheplantsthatweregiven
honeyandcoconutwaterwouldgrow,andwhenwouldtheystarttogrow.IfIwasa
gardenerIwouldtryusinggreenteawithjustregularwateralternatingthetwotogrow
myplants,becauseIknowthosetwowillhelpthemgrowplants.