Thursday, February 18, 2010

First day of Collecting Data =)

Today we didn't have class but I came in during recess to check on my little babies and they were alive yeah. After school today I went to the lab right after homeroom and collected data for the first time. I thought it was fun using the oxygen probe but my data was a little bit unusual. The primrose with no flowers watered with tap water had 19.7% concentration, the primrose with flowers watered with tap water has 18.9% concentration. So for my first set of primroses the oxygen production was less for the primrose with flowers because flowers take up more energy to maintain. The Primrose with no flower watered with acid rain pH 4 had a 19.2% concentration. The Primrose with flowers watered with acid rain pH 4 had a 19.1%. So this set wasn't much less then the primrose watered with tap water but its still early in the experiment so maybe the acid rain just hasn't been fully absorbed by the primroses yet. The Primrose with no flower watered with acid rain pH 3 had a 19.3% concentrate. The Primrose with flowers watered with acid rain pH 3 had a 19.0% concentrate. This set was still not that much lower but as I add acid rain I know the oxygen production will eventually decrease.

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