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Title: Which is Better for Plants Carbonated Water or Regular Water

Purpose: I wanted to see which type of water is better for the plants to see if carbonated water is an advantage or a disadvantage to the plants. Since carbonated water is comoprised of H2CO3 (M2) I'm wondering if it will split into H2O and CO2 giving the plants more nutrients. "CO2, or carbon dioxide, is a gas integral to a green plant’s food-making process, which, back in our high school days, most of us learned to call the process, photosynthesis. A word that literally means to put together with light." (Headlee) "Plants absorb nutrients best when they are dissolved in water" (Gin) "The main benefit of carbonated water is that it contains particles called macronutrients. These macronutrients include oxygen, hydrogen, sulphur, potassium, phosphorous, carbon and sodium. These are all essential nutrients for plant growth. When dissolved in carbonated water and applied to your plants' roots, these nutrients absorb into the plant and speed up the growing process."(Diamond) With that I think that it'll be a good thing for the plant and will grow way faster than the plant that is given tap water. I plan to give some tap water to one of the plant then I'll give some carbonated water to the other plant and I'll test the results of each of the plants by doing some measurements and measuring it to determine which plant is healthier.

Hypothesis: If Carbonated water have CO2 in it, then the plant that is given it will grow bigger than the plant that is given tap water.

Procedure: First I shall get two of the same plant and same soil same everything, but I shall give one of the plants carbonated water and the other one tap water from the same faucet. (What do you mean same faucet? Same faucet as what? Will Mund.)

Materials: Carbonated water, soil, a cup, measuring tape, plant seeds

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(Will the plant know how to take the CO2 out? Right now it just uses photosynthesis to get CO2. Will Mund)

How are you going to test the plant after giving it carbonated water, to see if it will get more nutrients? (Belsly) (Will the plants be watered with different amounts? Abigail Shute) What type of plant seeds are you using?(Applegren) 1/10/13

Why carbonated water do you think it will have a positive effect on growth. (Stachnik)

Works Cited

Khan, Tanya. "The Effect of Carbonated Water on Green Plants." //GardenGuides//. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. .

M2. "Sparkling Water." //Sparkling Water//. Finewaters Media, 18 Nov. 2008. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. [|<][].>

Headlee, Jody. "Try a Little Carbonated Water to Help Your Plants - Theoaklandpress.com." //The Oakland Press//. The Oakland Press, 7 Feb. 2010. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. [].

Gin, Emma. "How to Water Plants With Sparkling Water." //GardenGuides//. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 09 Jan. 2013. [|

Diamond, Giselle. "The Effect of Carbonated Water on Plants." //EHow.co.uk//. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 09 Jan. 2013. . .