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Name of candidate:
Sabrina Donaldson
School:
Territory:
Jamaica
Centre Number:
10009
Teachers Name:
Mrs. A. Louden
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Observation: Farmers often choose larger seeds for propagating/replanting crops while
discarding or rejecting smaller seeds. When asked, the typical farmer would say that bigger seeds
yield bigger crops. Is this only a myth? Will there be significant growth differences in crops
propagated with larger or smaller seeds?
Hypothesis: Crops propagated from larger seeds will grow and produce more than those
propagated from smaller seeds.
Aim: To investigate whether crops grown from larger seeds will grow more than crops grown
from smaller seeds.
Materials/apparatus
6 red peas with masses greater than or equal to 5g
6 red peas with masses less than or equal to 4g
12 planting bags(same size)
Loam soil
Hand spade
Measuring cylinder
Tap water
Labeling tape
Permanent marker
Bucket
30cm ruler
Scale (that measures in grams)
Variables
Manipulated variable: size of seeds.
Responding variable:
Controlled variable:
time/duration.
Equal amount of water, soil and sunlight. Same type of soil. Same
Method
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watering process so that each bag is watered twice per day at approximately the same
time daily.
9. Once the seeds have germinated, placed all bags in open sunlight and continue to water
twice per day. Allow the experiment to proceed for 7 weeks.
5 g (large)
week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
L-1
L-2
L-3
4 g (small)
L-4
L-5
L-6
S-1
S-2
S-3
S-4
S-5
S-6
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Number of leaves
week
L-1
S-1
L-2
L-3
L-4
L-5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
L-6
4g(small)
S-2
S-3
S-4
S-5
S-6
WEEK
5g(large)
4g(small)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Precaution: water the young seedlings with care. Take extreme care not to break the week old
seedlings when measuring heights.
Expected result
The plants grown from the larger seeds ( 5 g) should grow taller than those grown
from smaller seeds ( 4 g) after a seven-week period.
The plants grown from the lager seeds 5 g should have more leaves than those
grown from smaller seeds 4 g after a seven-week period.