Answer:
My question: Does a plant grow better when you mist it with water or pour it?
Hypothesis: The plant grows better if you pour water on it.
Research: According to gardendesign .com watering your plant with a hose is much better, and watering it in early morning/ late evening is better.
Experiment: Over the course of 2 weeks(or however long), I will watch 2 plants grow and see if msiting one plant versus pouring water on the base is better.
Materials:
-2 grass plants
- watering can ( for pouring)
- spray bottle( for misting)
- area on a windowsill where sunlight can enter.
Procedure:
1. First we put the grass plants in separate pots.
2. Water the plants in the same timeframe, such as every 3 days.( at either early morning or late night)
3. Leave them in the suncast window
Doing the experiment:
As I watched the plants, they both grew overtime, but one more than the other.
Data gathered:
One plant turned yellow while the other grew lusher.
Organized data:
week1 week2 week3
plant 1(pour)- green, taller I green, taller I green, taller
plant 2(mist)- green, same height I yellow, shorter I brown, shorter
Analyze data:
The plant with water poured in was lusher because there was more water going to its roots, while the other plant that was misted turned yellow, brown, then died because there was very little water going to its roots.
Conclusion:
My claim was correct, because when we poured water, the plant was healthier, and when we misted it, the plant died.
3. The parts of a simple scientific experiment are the purpose(why you are doing it), the research(to find out more on the topic), the hypothesis(prediction of outcome), the experiment(procedure to see if hypothesis is right), and then the analysis( to see what to change to make hypothesis correct, or see if it was correct)
4. What this experiment was about was a simple investigation to see whether watering a plant by misting or pouring was better. I wanted to see which one would work better to find an effective way to water my plants. What this investigation taught me was that when we water our plants, we need to pour it. I figured this out through research and articles stating how pouring water with a watering can or using a hose in the soil was better than just misting it with a spray bottle, as it was more effective. This outcome came through a mildly long test experiment, which happened over the course of 3 weeks. What I analyzed from that was that if we water a plant through a spray bottle just on the leaves, it really doesn't help the plant, as the roots are the ones that need water, so that they can internally give it to the leaves. That is why I rest my case of how watering plants by pouring is better than misting it.