1. Travis Hendershot
Josh Denmeade
Microgravity
Testable Question: If Brassica Rapa plants are grown in a microgravity environment, will it affect the amount of fruit produced, the height of the stems, the amount of leaves, the angle of the stem, and the root hairs?
Hypothesis: The plants affected by the independent variable will have a greater amount of fruit, the plants will be taller, the amount of leaves will increase, the angle of the stem will decrease, and increase the amount of root hairs

2. Experiment Number 1 For this experiment:
Plants grew in a horizontal system
Grown in Film Can
Grown for 6-7 days
Dependent Variable(s):
Root Hairs (Amount)
Direction of Root Growth
Microgravity

3. Experiment Number 2 For this experiment:
Plants grew in a vertical system
Plants grew in bottle growing system
Plants grew for 37 days
Dependent Variable(s)
Height, Angle of Stem, Amount of fruit, Amount of Leaves
Microgravity

4. This graph shows that the height of the plants in micro-gravity
was shorter than that of the control plants. This means the
plants did not grow as well in micro-gravity.

5. This graph shows that the stem angles of the plants in micro-gravity
were less than the angles of the control plants. This was probably
due to disorientation of the plant

6. This graph shows that the amount of leaves of the plants
were relatively the same. This shows that despite the
fact that some of the plants may have been impaired,
they still went through their life cycle.

7. This graph shows that the control was successfully going through the process of reproduction while the microgravity’s did not.

8. Results-1st Root hairs Direction of Roots
grew to changing sense of gravity
Direction of Roots
grew to changing sense of gravity
Control Microgravity

9. Results-2nd Height Leaves Angle of Stem Size of fruit
didn’t grow as well
Leaves
able to go through lifecycle
Angle of Stem
plants curved to gravity
Size of fruit
wasn’t able to reproduce as well
Control
Microgravity

10. Conclusion
Complete life cycle
2nd generation may not develop