Shade or light ?
8-6297
8th Grade
Nativity Catholic School
Archdiocese of San Francisco
2024 San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair
Abstract
In this project i am trying to see how a plant word adapt to a switch in the environment. If the plant would wilt and die or survive and stay strong. I am doing this because climate change is affecting the environments of many other plants so i decided to try and test it out on my own. My hypothesis was that the plant would not die but have some leafs die here and there. In this experiment the variable i was manipulating was the plant by seeing how the shift in environment would change and or affect it. In this experiment i used a succulent plant due to the fact that they are used to a lot of sun and not much water i put it in a place where it would not receive much sunlight and give it more water than usual. I gave it 30mm of water a day. In the end the plant survived very persistently the only effect was the tips of some of the leaves looked brown and started to look damaged. In conclusion my hypothesis was correct other than the fact the plants leaves did not fall but simply looked a little affected and brown here and there.
Purpose Statement
In this project i am trying to see how a plant word adapt to a switch in the environment. In other words if they would survive. I decided to do this trying to figure out if a plant would keep pushing or simply give up. I am using a succulent plant knowing they are used to hot sunny areas with not much water. I will completely flip its usual environment seeing if it can adapt quickly in order to survive. I am doing this because a lot of environments are changing due to climate change and i decided to test it out in a more simple way.
Hypothesis
Will it survive adapt or give up and die? My hypothesis is that maybe some of its leaves would fall or die but the plant itself will survive and last longer.
Experimental Procedures and
Materials
1. Gather materials
2. Place succulent plant in shaded cold environment
3. Water it every day at least 3 cm of water or 30mm
4. Collect data of how plants react
5. With data collected from research plus the experiment we will come to a conclusion
(note: this project calls mostly for data from research )
Experimental Results
On the first day the plant looked very healthy with a bright green color. On the second day the results were the same. It was on the fourth day you could see the top of some leaves were turning slightly brown and dry. The plant had adapted to the new environment in its own way. Although it had survived you could see minimal damage to the plant.
Analysis of Experimental
Results
I had learned that plants have a high adaptability to new environments and high chance of survival. Although it could also be that succulent plants in specific have a high adaptive trait to new environments. That is an experiment for another time. I also learned that it matters how much water you give it due to its past environments weather it will survive or not.
Conclusions
In some ways my hypothesis is correct. It did survive and last longer but no leaves fell off the plant only some damage on the tip of the leaves. In conclusion plants do have a high adaptability trait. Although this could mean succulents in specific have a high survival trait? Would other plants simply wilt and die ? Does the succulent have a certain trait or feature helping it survive?
Acknowledgements
My sister for allowing me to experimenting with her plant
Slidesgo.com for the small flowers and other pictures on my slides
Bibliography and
Sources