Student Sheet 5

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Investigating Seed Germination

Investigations
 How many seeds have germinated after 1, 2 and 3 days etc? Calculate the
percentage germination for each day. Design a suitable way of showing the
information on a graph.

 Compare germination rates for different seeds.

 How can you tell which is the radicle (root) and which is the plumule (shoot)?

 Which appears first, the radicle or the plumule? Is it the same for other seeds?

 Measure the radicle and plumule as they grow. Design a suitable way of displaying
the data that you collect.

 Do radicles and plumules grow at the same rate?

 Are there any differences between seeds grown in light and seeds grown in
darkness? Design a fair test to investigate this.

 What other conditions affect the germination of seeds? Choose one and design a fair
test to examine its effect.

 What is a tropism? Design ways of investigating tropisms using this apparatus.