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Can plants live without air?

Material :

Bean seeds Two jars and two plastic cups Soil, humus Cotton Water Procedure A 1. 2. !. ". :

Bean seeds have been planted in jars. Both the soil been watered fairly well. The air has been e pelled from the soil when air bubbles cease to rise. The first jar was cap. This cuts off the air supply to the plants. The second plant was misted by waterin# as needed. :

Procedure B

1. The two cups was filled with 2. The cotton pad have been placed on the top and some beans on the cotton. This $eeps the seeds moist. !. The second cup has been dropped seeds into the water to eliminatin# the air. ". The temperature and li#ht have same for both cups. Result : %bservation i' (rocedure ) ii' (rocedure ) i' (rocedure B ii' (rocedure B Seed #erminate and #rowth very well Seed #erminate and #rowth not very well then die. Seed #erminate and #rowth very well Seed not #erminate &nferences seed have enou#h air seed have not enou#h air seed have enou#h air. seed have not air

Question

1. What other way mi#ht air may be eliminated from the cup *The other way to eliminated air from the is use the calcium chloride and cover the seed with wa . 2. &s too much air ever a problem to the farmer+ * ,o. )mount of air not effect to the plant. !. Would the same results occur with different types of seed+ * -es. )ll types of seed have same #erminate processes. ". (lants ma$e their food but they do need a supply of minerals. Choose three minerals and describe what happens to plant without them. * ,itro#en, plant produces not .uality leaf, the leaf become not too #reen because nitro#en apart of chlorophyll, #reen pi#ment of the plant. * (hosphorus, * Calcium, /. )nimals and plants need food. 0ive 2 reasons why animals and plants need food. * )nimal and plants need food to #et the ener#y to carry out life processes and to #rowth * )nimal and plants need food to #rowth

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