The Relationship of Plants That Grow in the Light vs Plants That Grow in the Dark

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The Relationship of Plants that Grow in the Light vs. Plants That Grow in the Dark. Lab Report by: Devan Kane Partners: Travis, Justin and Emma 9/16-9/27 Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to prove if your hypothesis is correct. In this experiment the hypothesis is “Do plants grow better in the dark than they do in the light”? To determine if this hypothesis is correct you must conduct the following experiment. Materials/Equipment: The materials in this experiment include: Two 2 liter bottles. (Clear is preferred). 2 shredded pieces of paper towel. (About 1 per bottle). 12 Mung Beans (6 per bottle) 10 Ml of water per bottle per day. A ruler to measure your plants each day. (cm) A data table to collect all the data you gather over your 10 day time period. Procedure: Follow the following steps: Step 1- Get 2 clear 2 liter bottles. Step 2- Clean out both 2 liter bottles for any excess soda, water, etc. Step 3- Label bottles with name(s), Light or Dark, and date started Step 4- Add 1 piece of shredded paper towel to each of the 2 liter bottles. Step 5- Add 6 seeds to each bottle. Step 6- put cap on your bottles Step 7- Put the 2 liter bottle with light written on it on a windowsill where there will be light. Step 8- Put the 2 liter bottle with dark written on it in a cupboard or a closet where it will not see light. Step 9- Add 10 ml of water to the plants each day. (or as many times as possible). Step 10- Measure the height of the plants (cm) everyday for 10 days and collect data on the data table provided. Data: GRAPH 1 |Days | |Seed Height (Cm) | | |Average Height (cm) | | | |1 | |1 | | | |2 | |

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