RANI NATHWANI
Flowers Like Sugar!
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The purpose of my
experiment is to see if sugary
water, lemonade, water, or coke
will keep a tulip alive the
longest. My hypothesis is that
the sugary water will keep the
flower alive the longest.
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The materials in my
experiment are: four yellow
tulips, four vases, coke, water,
white sugar, lemonade, black
sharpie, sticky notes, tape,
phone or a camera, and a
spoon.
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My procedure:
First, get an eight ounces of
water and pour two tablespoons
of white sugar into the water.
Second, set the liquids on a
table or a countertop. Third, wait
until the liquids are room
temperature then put four
ounces of the liquids into the
vases. Fourth, put one tulip into
each vase. Fifth, label each
vase on the sticky note and
tape it on to the vase. Sixth,
put the vases onto a counter
top of table. Seventh, Take
notes on each tulip. Eighth,
Take pictures of each flowers
together and alone. Ninth,
Repeat steps seven and eight
until the ninth day.
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My independent
variable is the liquid the tulip is
getting watered with. My
dependent variable is the tulip.
My controlled variable is the
environment and the amount
of liquid each tulip got.
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My results were, the
tulip watered with the
lemonade was dead on the
fourth day, the tulip watered
with the sugary water was
alive on the ninth day and
would probably still be alive,
the tulip watered with coke
was alive on the ninth day,
and the tulip watered with
water died on the seventh
day.
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The data supported
my hypothesis. The tulip in the
sugary water was still alive on
the last day, the coke was also
alive on the last day so that
surprised me. The lemonade
was dead and at first all
flexible, but then got taller and
the bud was dried up. This
applies to the real world
because if you want your
tulips to live longer, you will
water them with diluted sugary
water or coke.