Water is such an important component in our lives, though we never pay attention to how much we really use. The USGS Water Science School that “each person uses about 80-100 gallons of water per day” (USGS). For instance, we use water for daily things such as showers, gardening, washing our dishes and clothing. In these activities water is drained out with different chemicals and yet we do not even show the slightest concern for where this water will end. Another thing we seem to overlook is the dangerous chemicals we utilize in our homes. Many do not understand how toxic and hazardous common household products are, Experiencelife.com uses Rebecca Sutton, a scientist at the Environmental Working Group (EWG), to explain this issue, ‘In terms
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Those chemicals that we negligently throw out could end up harming our ecosystem. According SFGate.com, “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency names phosphorus, nitrogen, ammonia and chemicals grouped under the term "Volatile Organic Compounds" as the worst environmental hazards in household cleaners” (Davis). To determine what the potential damage may be caused on plants, my partner Sam and I studied the growth and development of plants when exposed to harsh cleaning chemicals. I hypothesize that the chemicals given to the plants will affect the plant negatively and halt their growth, eventually leading them to die. Over the course of a little under three weeks, we watered plants with either cleaning products or water. As we progressed in our experiment, my partner and I recorded the effects caused on each …show more content…
The plants with the cleaners stopped growing and started to wilt immediately. We watered the plants approximately five times over two week’s time. The kitchen plant seemed to deteriorate after the third watering and the bathroom plant also did between the third and fourth watering. Obviously the water plant lasted for a longer period of time. Though eventually even it also died due to the weather. Below is a line chart showing what was supposed to be the rate of growth. The plants did deteriorate at a much quicker rate than was expected.
Conclusion
There are many factors that could have influenced are results. Weather is factor that could have potentially affected our research, when we were conducting our experiment the weather fluctuated greatly as it rained and then became warm the following week. Another potential affect could have been over-watering, we could have been giving the plant more solution than it actually needed. Though could have been various mistakes throughout our experiment, we are satisfied with the results as our hypothesis proved to be
Those chemicals that we negligently throw out could end up harming our ecosystem. According SFGate.com, “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency names phosphorus, nitrogen, ammonia and chemicals grouped under the term "Volatile Organic Compounds" as the worst environmental hazards in household cleaners” (Davis). To determine what the potential damage may be caused on plants, my partner Sam and I studied the growth and development of plants when exposed to harsh cleaning chemicals. I hypothesize that the chemicals given to the plants will affect the plant negatively and halt their growth, eventually leading them to die. Over the course of a little under three weeks, we watered plants with either cleaning products or water. As we progressed in our experiment, my partner and I recorded the effects caused on each …show more content…
The plants with the cleaners stopped growing and started to wilt immediately. We watered the plants approximately five times over two week’s time. The kitchen plant seemed to deteriorate after the third watering and the bathroom plant also did between the third and fourth watering. Obviously the water plant lasted for a longer period of time. Though eventually even it also died due to the weather. Below is a line chart showing what was supposed to be the rate of growth. The plants did deteriorate at a much quicker rate than was expected.
Conclusion
There are many factors that could have influenced are results. Weather is factor that could have potentially affected our research, when we were conducting our experiment the weather fluctuated greatly as it rained and then became warm the following week. Another potential affect could have been over-watering, we could have been giving the plant more solution than it actually needed. Though could have been various mistakes throughout our experiment, we are satisfied with the results as our hypothesis proved to be