Transpiration Assignment Guidelines

Brief background: In this exercise you selected one species of plant and then conducted a transpiration experiment by experimentally manipulating a single variable to determine whether it influenced transpiration rates compared to the control group.

BEFORE LEAVING LAB COMPLETE #’s 1-4 BELOW and get signed

Sorghun Grass

1) Provide the variable you experimentally manipulated, and the species used for this study below:

Light Intensity

2) What statistical test will you use for this assignment? _ T-Test __

3) What type of graph will you make?Bar Graph

4) completed datasheet

Plants with no light:

Initial 2 hours w/o light

1) 56.13g -> 56.04g

2) 57.79g -> 57.69g

3) 56.11g -> 56.06g

4) 57.45 g-> 57.42g

5) 57.22 g-> 57.18g

6) 58.36 g-> 58.31g

Plants with light:

Initial 2 hours w light

7) 54.91g -> 54.79g

8) 57.51g -> 57.39g

9) 57.01g-> 56.83g

10) 54.89g -> 54.71g

11) 52.40g -> 52.23g

12) 58.26g -> 58.03g

Below is a list of expectations to help guide you as you complete this assignment:

General

 Your name, section number, student ID, and TA name included at top of document

Title Formatting

 Title is formatted correctly and contains the three main components expected

Abstract formatting

 Abstract body logically flows from Introduction to Discussion and includes all expected components

Figures

 1 figure is presented and is properly formatted

Figure Captions

 1 Figure caption below figure that includes all expected components

References

 2 relevant JOURNAL references cited in CSE format