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This is our experiment that we are doing for Biology Honors for Mr. Kerwin. We chose to do our experiment on fruit ripening. The reason we chose it was because we took a __#|survey__ and this was one of the best choices for us to do. The way were going to do it we are going to get about 3-5 apples and 3-5 bananas to cut up in slices.We chose bananas and apples because they cut easier and are better to __#|work__ with.We will be using measuring cups, 8 zip-lock bags, lemon juice, salt, sugar, bananas, apples, and a knife. We will be using one cup of of lemon juice, salt, and sugar.Then we'll have four separate groups; one of them will be soaked in lemon juice, another buried in salt, another group buried in sugar, and the last group just normal. If we put the fruits in salt, sugar, or lemon juice then we think that it will speed up, slow down, or not change the ripening process at all. Some info we know about fruit ripening is that they usually ripen around the month mark. Another is that the two fruits do not ripen at the same rate. They also do not mold at the same rate and different coloring. In the end we'll see which material works best from keeping fruit from turning brown and having a bad odor. We will not be eating any of the fruit for our own safety. Sa= With salt, Su= With sugar, blank after fruit means just regular for table below. This is a school related guess by it's color change, terrible smell, and its weight. Basically what has been found out in only a week that these three fruits with these three methods come out with around the same __#|information__ as eachother from the beginning to the end. So therefore salt and sugar do not differ the rotting percentage of these three fruits. Also after each day the fruits became more soft, smelled more, and harder to examine because of the rotting so these answers are approximately close to them.By the end of this experiment we found out that banana's rot the fastest.
 * Fruit Ripening**
 * ||  ||   || Fruit Rottage Percentage ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Fruits || Day 0 || Day 1 || Day 2 || Day 3 || Day 4 || Day 5 || Day 6 || Day 7 ||
 * Apple 1 || 0% || 8% || 22% || 45% || 58% || 76% || 91% || 100% ||
 * Apple 2 || 0% || 10% || 23% || 44% || 58% || 78% || 96% || 100% ||
 * Orange 1 || 0% || 7% || 19% || 39% || 58% || 77% || 90% || 100% ||
 * Orange 2 || 0% || 9% || 21% || 38% || 57% || 78% || 92% || 100% ||
 * Banana 1 || 0% || 12% || 25% || 48% || 68% || 87% || 100% || 100% ||
 * Banana 2 || 0% || 13% || 27% || 46% || 65% || 90% || 100% || 100% ||
 * Apple 1 Sa || 0% || 9% || 21% || 44% || 59% || 78% || 93% || 100% ||
 * Apple 2 Sa || 0% || 9% || 22% || 43% || 60% || 82% || 95% || 100% ||
 * Orange 1 Sa || 0% || 8% || 20% || 40% || 58% || 78% || 94% || 100% ||
 * Orange 2 Sa || 0% || 7% || 21% || 39% || 56% || 78% || 93% || 100% ||
 * Banana 1 Sa || 0% || 11% || 28% || 49% || 72% || 96% || 100% || 100% ||
 * Banana 2 Sa || 0% || 12% || 27% || 47% || 63% || 91% || 100% || 100% ||
 * Apple 1 Su || 0% || 9% || 21% || 46% || 58% || 75% || 96% || 100% ||
 * Apple 2 Su || 0% || 10% || 24% || 45% || 60% || 76% || 92% || 100% ||
 * Orange 1 Su || 0% || 8% || 18% || 40% || 61% || 77% || 95% || 100% ||
 * Orange 2 Su || 0% || 9% || 23% || 43% || 67% || 75% || 94% || 100% ||
 * Banana 1 Su || 0% || 12% || 29% || 50% || 68% || 94% || 100% || 100% ||
 * Banana 2 Su || 0% || 13% || 27% || 46% || 70% || 92% || 100% || 100% ||

Our sources are [|http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/PlantBio_p021.shtml#summary], http://ripening-fruit.com/resources, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit, http://plantphys.info/plants_human/fruitgrowripe.shtml, and http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/ibc99/koning/fruitgrowripe.html. You spelled bananas wrong and also I think you should site the link above and make a bibliography instead of listing it. (Kate Mauschbaugh) Why did you choose apples and bananas?(Schrock) How much salt, lemon juice, and sugar are you going to use for the groups?-(Fager) How will you measure if the apple is older than the banana or the other way around- (ikteubel 1-7-2013) How are you going to get all same age fruit? (Stachnik 1-7-2012) How are you going to know if you have the same amount of each fruit.(Strong) How would you keep track of your info? (TAM)