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Problem-What is the affect of putting aspirin in a plants water and how it affects the plants general

health.

Hypothesis I predict that the aspirin will have a negative effect on the plants general health.

Materials- 2 beakers of same shape made of same material.

200 ml of water in each beaker from same water source.

2 flowers of same species and length.

1 pill of aspirin

Paper to record results and pen to write them down.

Procedure- 1)Get beakers of same shape and material.

2) Fill with 200 ml of water from same source.

3) pick flowers of same species and length.

4)Label one beaker A and one beaker B

5)Put flowers in beaker and add aspirin to beaker A

6)leave alone and observe any changes that take place.

7)Repeat Procedure 6 several times.

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A B

Color of flower magenta Magenta

Color of stem Green Green

Color of leaves Green Green

Texture Smooth Smooth

Fragrance Same as B Same as A

Size of leaves Small smallThickness of stem Same as B Same as A

Number of leaves 6 5

Number of petals 23 22

Amount of water compared to

other

Same Same

Key= A beaker with

aspirin. B beaker without

aspirin

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A B

Color of flower magenta Magenta

Color of stem Green GreenColor of leaves Green Green

Texture Smooth Smooth

Fragrance Less than B More than A

Size of leaves Small small

Thickness of stem Same as B Same as A

Number of leaves 6 5

Number of petals 23 22

Amount of water compared to

other

Less than B More than A

A B

Color of flower magenta Magenta

Color of stem Grayish Green Green

Color of leaves Yellow Green Green

Texture Rough Smooth

Fragrance Less than B More than A

Size of leaves Small small

Thickness of stem Thinner then B Thicker than ANumber of leaves 6 5

Number of petals 17 22

Amount of water compared to

other

More water then B Less water then A

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Conclusion I conclude that when aspirin is added to a plants water it shorten that plants life Span, and

hurts its general health.

Analysis the independent variable was that I put aspirin in one plants water.

The dependent variable was the time it took for plant to change.

This was an interesting lab that I had to take a guess at. My reasoning to me thinking that adding

aspirin to plants hurt them is that I have never heard of adding it to plants. I would have heard of it if it

had a positive effect on the plants life. There could have been many errors in our experiment. One I

could have thought of is if both plants were cut and raised in the same place. Also amount of sunlight

could affect how they reacted.

A B

Color of flower magenta Magenta

Color of stem Grayish Green GreenColor of leaves Yellow Green Green

Texture Rough Smooth

Fragrance Less than B More than A

Size of leaves Small small

Thickness of stem Thinner then B Thicker than A

Number of leaves 6 5

Number of petals 17 22

Amount of water compared to

other

More water then B Less water then A

A B

Color of flower magenta Magenta

Color of stem Grayish yellow Green

Color of leaves Yellow Green Green

Texture Rough Smooth

Fragrance No smell Faint smell

Size of leaves Small small

Thickness of stem Brittle and snapped Thicker than ANumber of leaves 6 5

Number of petals 16 22

Amount of water compared to

other

More water then B Less water then A

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