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Fertilizer
PURPOSE(THISISOBSERVATIONandQUESTION):
Iknewthatlight,water,andairisapartofphotosynthesis.Ileanedwhenidid
thephotosynthesissimulationthatwhitelighthelpedthemostingrowth.Andfora
variableichosefertilizerbecauseafterresearchiseenthatithelpsplantsgrowto
maximumlengthandgivestheplantsminerals.Thattheydontreceivewithregularsoil.
HYPOTHESIS:
Ifthenbecause...
Myvariablesaregoingtobewhitelight,50intensity,highconcentration,and25
asthetemp.Ipredictthatmyexperimentalgroupwithfertilizerwillgrowbetter.Ichose
thesevariablesbecausetheywereshowninthesimulationtobethebest.Thefertilizer
helpstheplantsgrowbygivingnutrientsthatthatregularsoildoesntprovide,and
makestheplantgrowtoitsmaximumlength.
MATERIALS:
grassseed
4(2x2inch)
soil
water
fertilizer
EXPERIMENT/PROCEDURES:
Plantedgrassseedsinsoil.
covereditupandsprinkledfertilizerontop.
Andwateredallforwith6mlofwater.
2/26/16
2/29/16
wateredallfourwith6ml
andputitbackundera25degreelight.
3/1/16
wateredallfourwith6ml
andputitbackundera25degreelight.
3/2/16
wateredallfourwith6ml
andputitbackundera25degreelight.
3/2/16
growthhasstarted
wateredallfourwith6ml
andputitbackundera25degreelight.
3/3/16
growthhasstarted
wateredallfourwith6ml
andputitbackundera25degreelight.
3/14/16
addedtietokeepgrassstraight
planthasshrunkby20mm
3/15/16
wateredallfourwith6ml
andputitbackundera25degreelight
3/16
wateredallfourwith6ml
andputitbackundera25degreelight.
3/17
wateredallfourwith6ml
andputitbackundera25degreelight.
3/18
wateredallfourwith6ml
andputitbackundera25degreelight.
3/21
wateredallfour6ml
andputbackunder25degreelight
RESULTS/DATA:
control(mm)
ex.1(mm)
ex.2(mm)
ex.3(mm)
3/8/2016
170
3/9/2016
180
3/10/2016
190
3/11/2016
190
3/14/2016
190
3/15/2016
190
3/16/2016
190
37.5
3/17/2016
180
75
3/18/2016
180
112.5
3/21/2016
180
150
Provideaverbaldescriptionofyourdata.
Onlyoneofthevariablesgrewanditgrewtobe150mmanditdidntstartgrowinguntil
thelast45days,andmaximumgrowthofmycontrolwas190mm
Listallvariablesandexplainwhatyourcontrolwas.
Mycontrolwasgrass,andmyvariablewasmiraclegrowfertilizer.
CONCLUSION
Atfirstplantedgrassseedsinsoil.ThenIcovereditupandsprinkledfertilizeron
top.AndlastlyIwateredallfourwith6mlofwater.Growthofthecontrolstartedafter
fivedays.Irepeatedthesameprocesseverydayduringtheexperiment.Andtheone
variablethatdidgrowdidntstartuntilday8.DuringthetimeIwasgrowingtheplantit
shrunkby20mmandthenstartedbacktogrow.MyhypothesiswaswrongIthoughtby
usingthefertilizeritwouldhelpgrowthbutitactuallydidnt.Ilearnedthatmiracle
doesnthelpgrassgrowfaster,itreallyslowsthegrowthofgrassoraplant.Thelab
probablywasthataccuratebecauseishouldhavemeasuredhowmuchfertilizeriputin
thevariables.