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AndrewEgan

AshlieEdmonds9/19/14
MayaFigueroa

PlantLabReport

Purpose:

Decidewhetherornotaseedwillgerminatewhenexposedtoabnormallyhot
temperature.

Hypothesis:
Ifweexposeourseedtounusuallyhightemperatures,thentheseedwillnot
germinate.

Materials:

1.HeatLamp
2.Planter
3.Water
4.Sunlight

5.Soil
6.Seed

Procedure:

A. ExperimentalGroup
1.
Setuptheheatlamp
2.
Filltheplanterofthewaywithsoil.
3.
Makeaholewithyourfingeraboutainchdeep.
4.
Puttheseedintothehole.
5.
Covertheseedwithsoil.
6.
Puttheplanterundertheheatlamp.
7.
Watertheseed.
8.
Watchtheseedandwaitforittogrow.
B. ControlGroup

1.
Filltheplanterofthewaywithsoil.
2.
Makeholewithyourwithyourfingeraboutainchdeep.
3.
Puttheseedintothehole.
4.
Covertheseedwithsoil.
5.
Watertheseed.
6.
Watchtheseedandwaitforittogrow.

OurResults:

Date

Controlled

Experimental

8/18/14

0cm

0cm

8/20/14

0cm

0cm

8/22/14

0cm

0cm

8/25/14

0cm

0cm

8/27/14

0cm

0cm

8/28/14

0cm

0cm

9/3/14

0cm

0cm

9/10/14

0cm

0cm

ClassmatesResults:
Date

Control

Control2

8/19/14

0cm

0cm

8/20/14

0cm

0cm

8/27/14

0cm

8cm

9/31/14

9cm

17cm

9/5/14

15cm

19.5cm

9/10/14

25cm

22cm


Date

Controlled

Experimental

8/18/14

25

39

8/20/14

26

40

8/22/14

25

40

8/25/14

26

40

8/27/14

26

38

8/28/14

27

38

9/3/14

26

40

9/10/14

26

39

Conclusion:
Weexperimentedonwhetherornotaseedwouldgerminateunderunusually
hightemperatures.Everyday,wewouldcomeinthelabandgiveourplantwater.We
alsocheckeditstemperature,andfoundthatitremainedaround40degreesFahrenheit
throughouttheexperiment.Wehypothesizedthattheseedwouldnotsprout.Our
hypothesiswassupported,asourexperimentalplantdidnotgrowatall.Weconcluded
thattheconstantheatcausedthewatertodryupmuchfasterthanitwouldunder
normalcircumstances,thereforetheplantdidnotgettheappropriateamountofwater
thatitneeds.However,ourcontrolledseedfailedtoshowanysignsofgrowtheither.
Wethinkthatthismaybeduetooverwateringtheplant.

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