Growing+Plants+in+Different+Environments+by+Alyssa+S

=Growing Plants In Different Environments=
 * Alyssa S**
 * 2001-2002**

**Abstract**
The purpose of this experiment is to see if plants grow better in a terrarium or in a plastic container. This project was done to see what would happen in the experiment of testing a terrarium or a plastic container/bowl. The problem that was tried to solve was what would happen when plants were put in different growing environments. The best guess or hypothesis was that the plants in the terrarium would grow better because of the controlled levels of oxygen. The oxygen the plants gather is because of the cover on the top of the glass container. To gather the information for this project the first source was books. Books were the first source because they give the most updated information. Then websites were used because they also give good information to use. For this project plants were measured each time they grew. This is to see which plant was growing better. The result of this was that the plants in the terrarium did grow better then the plants in the plastic bowl. Those were the observations and results made at the end of the experiment all of the seeds died. The seeds died because the direct sunlight through the window was to much for them. One plant in plastic bowl died because the leaves got to much direct sunlight and the leaves burned and fell of. The most important facts learned from this experiment that plants grow better in terrariums then in plastic bowls. My results mean that the plants do grow better in different environment. This also shows that all plants can grow differently.

**Conclusion**
The conclusion brings this project to the end. At the end of the project by looking at the graphs this tells someone that the terrarium ended up being a better habitat for growing plants then the plastic container. The other conclusion observation made was that more plants would grow in the terrarium then in the plastic container from the observation made. Finally all of the information proves the hypothesis right. The hypothesis was that the plants in the terrarium would grow bigger and taller. According to the research and observations this is exactly what happened. The end result actually showed my hypothesis right because one of the plants died in the plastic container because the leaves dried out and the roots rotted. Therefore this was a great learning experience.


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