Basil By: Connor McClelland, Colleen Pettit, Jose Alva, and Meghan Barcinski Mr. Martell, Period 3, Science

Which plant grows better in light or dark? We think that the plant in the dark will grow faster than the one in the light. We will be showing the progress of our plants and how fast they grow.

Basil or Ocimum Basilicum Stem Leaf Roots Photosynthesis occurs here

Function: Protection from insects, bacteria, and fungi The plant grows more with organic compounds Some common uses for basil are: Tomato sauce, pesto, and vinegars.

3 things that can affect the growth of our plant Some bugs will eat the leaves of the basil plant, and then the leaves will die. Just like most other plants a lack of water will affect the basil plants growth. Also, since basil needs to be grown in full sun, little sunlight will affect the plants growth.

Photosynthesis Helps plants generate sugars. Occurs in the chloroplasts of plant cells. The xylem is important because it replaces water. The chemical reaction is the forming of sugars.

Procedures and Methods During this investigation we watered the plants when needed and measured their height.

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Observations: Our light plant grew towards the light, because of a process called phototropism. Our plants roots grew into the soil because of positive geotropism. We saw that our dark plants had yellow leaves and white stems while the light plants leaves were green with green stems.

Summary In our research we learned that the dark basil grew faster than the light basil. In our hypothesis we thought that the light basil would grow faster than the dark basil. One of our questions is that why was the dark basil turning yellow and the stem clear? One of our thoughts are that next time we would put the plants out side.

Bibliography Websites and sources used: Mr. Martell’s website Our composition books