ROOTS AND GRAVITATIONAL PULL

WILL GRAVITY EFFECT PLANTS ROOTS?

The  GRAVITY WILL EFFECT PLANTS ROOTS

MATERIALS

• Rubber bands
• Cheese cloth
• Plastic cups
• Soil
• Plants/seeds

CONTROLS

• Water
• Dirt
• Sunlight
• Type of seeds

VARIABLES

• Set up of plants
• One sideways
• One upside down
• One rightside up

PROCEDURE

• Set up 6 cups in a line on work surface/table
• Fill the cup 3 quarters full of potting soil
• Plant in cup (3 seeds per cup)
• Move strawberry plants to cups (1 plant/cup)
• Water all seeds/plants(8oz per cup)
• Put cheese cloth on cups and add rubber band
• Set up cups 1 sideways 1 upside right 1 upside down
• Take pictures over time to see the changes
• Record observations everyday

Place the plants in the same place.

Planted Seeds

RESULTS

Seed right side up

DIDNT SPROUT

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Seeds did not sprout.

Upside down seed

The plant grows away from the Earth while the roots grow toward it.

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Roots grow toward the Earth.

SIDEWAYS PLANT.

ROOTS GROWING TOWARD THE EARTH

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Plant growing upside down

Roots grow toward the Earth

The hypothesis was correct the gravity had an effect on the roots. They were pulled towards the Earth. The errors that occurred were on the first two plants. They did not sprout. The reason I don't think they sprouted was because of too much water.

What I learned
Was that gravity does have an effect on roots. The plants leaves turned towards the sunlight. If the force was not gravity then it is that the roots need to go the opposite way of the plant.