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	Project title	Sea water and its effects on Bambusa vulgaris (common bamboo)
	Difficulty Level	Elementary school
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Description
This experiment was performed to ascertain if watering Bambusa vulgaris (common bamboo) plants with sea water will cause them to grow faster, slower or wilt. Sea water is sometimes used to put out forest fires. The result of this experiment will help us understand the long term effects of using sea water to put out tropical forest fires.
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For this experiment, the independent variable the type of water used to water the bamboo plant specimens. The dependent variable is the rate of growth of the bamboo plants. This is determined by measuring the average height of the 5 bamboo plants in each group. The constants (control variables) are the number of times the plants are watered, the amount of water used and the type of plant and soil used. The bamboo plants are divided into 3 groups with 5 plants in each group. They are labeled as group A, group B and group C. *Group A plants .....

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