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If the temperature of the water is 38 degrees c, then the growth of the plant will increase. This science fair project is to test whether or not the temperature of the water you water the plant with will affect the growth of the plant. This project is interesting because the way plants grow is an interesting study. In this project i hope to achieve an answer on whether or not a plant’s temperature of water should be a certain temperature to help the growth of the plant. The radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus) is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family that was domesticated in Europe in pre-Roman times. Radishes are grown and consumed throughout the world, being mostly eaten raw as a crunchy salad vegetable.
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(More than ten mung beans seeds can be placed in each pot to act as backup in case some of the beans do not germinate. Remove any unwanted plants once germination has occurred).
Step two, Use the marker to label the ten pots as “once” or “twice”, followed by one of the following measurement: 20 ml, 40 ml, 60 ml, 80 ml or 100 ml.
Step three, Water the pots labeled “once” once a day, and the pots labeled “twice” two times a day, using the amount of water indicated on the pot. Repeat this procedure for the next ten days.
Step four, Measure the heights of the plants on the 10th day. Calculate the average height of the radish plants in each pot by totaling the heights and dividing it by the number of plants. Record the average height in a table.

How to retest my experiment ?
Step one- Go out to the yard and dig up eighteen cups of soil.
Step two- Put one half of a cup of soil into each flower pot.
Step three- Evenly spread six seeds into each flower pot and cover the seeds with one half of a cup of soil with each

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