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Urban Plant Growth & Acid Rain

1) This experiment looked at the relationship between acid rain and plant growth by watering mung beans with solutions at different pH levels (5.5, 4.5, and 3.5) and measuring plant height over a week. 2) The results showed that plants watered with solutions closer to normal rainwater pH (5.5) grew significantly taller and faster than those watered with more acidic solutions. 3) The findings suggest that as water pH decreases due to acid rain, plant growth rates will also decrease because nutrients will be less readily available.

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Urban Plant Growth & Acid Rain

1) This experiment looked at the relationship between acid rain and plant growth by watering mung beans with solutions at different pH levels (5.5, 4.5, and 3.5) and measuring plant height over a week. 2) The results showed that plants watered with solutions closer to normal rainwater pH (5.5) grew significantly taller and faster than those watered with more acidic solutions. 3) The findings suggest that as water pH decreases due to acid rain, plant growth rates will also decrease because nutrients will be less readily available.

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PLANT

GROWTH
AND ACID
RAIN Colin Lundberg - Ecology

ABSTRACT
This experiment looks at the
relation between acid rain and
plant growth. Mung beans were
INTRODUCTION
given water treatments at varying
pH levels. The results show that As urban emissions rise, so does the
plants watered with pH levels acidity of precipitation in cities. This
closer to that of normal rainwater rain can damage buildings,
grew significantly taller and faster.
infrastructure, and nutrients found in
the soil. As plants and greenery are
HYPOTHESIS
needed in cities to keep air clean,
As the water pH decreases, the
growth rate of mung beans will maintain biodiversity, and even
also decrease, because nutrients improve mental health, it is of the
will be less readily available. utmost importance to know how
acidification affects plants.

METHODS RESULTS pH 5.5 pH 4.5 Series 3.5


15 cm
15cm
3 irrigation solutions:
pH - 5.5
10 cm
pH - 4.5 10cm
pH - 3.5
50ml a day 5 cm
Plant length measured 5cm

for a week
0 cm
3 trials 0cm
1

*Control pH 5.5 pH 4.5 pH 3.5


y

y
Da

Da

Da

Da

Da

Da

Da

DISCUSSION
The results show that the growth of plants
irrigated with acidified water is significantly
stunted. Acid rain normally has a pH between
SOURCES
4.2 and 4.4, and is slowly reaching lower levels.
The prognosis for urban plants is grim unless
significant changes in emissions are made.

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