Testing the Effects of Radiation on Plants

In site D the data throughout the 5 days all 5 seeds stayed at 0 cm. The data suggest that site D had salt in the water, causing radish crops to fail. This data is also the experimental group and is important to the experiment because the data shows us the salt storage facility is the reason why the plants are not growing. This data can be compared to A to get more

Chart: The above chart shows how many radish seeds were germinated and sprouted. The right column shows the percentage of seeds that germinated for each treatment out of one

For my seed experiment I had decided to see what the effect of sprinkling salt on a radish seed would be. So for my control group I had set six (6) cherry radish seeds in between a damp paper towel and then closed it within a Ziploc bag. For my experimental I had set it up the exact same way as the control group but I would sprinkle salt on top of seeds before I zipped up the baggie. I sprinkled the salt on the experimental seeds and dampened the paper towel once every day. Each bag was stored in the light and at room temperature (~70° F.)

The results observed do not correspond with the outcome predicted by the hypothesis. Despite the nature of the subjects of the experiments, no substantial growth was observed. Only one seed of the 36 planted germinated, and it could only survive for a period of a week. The one seed that germinated reach a height of 1.2 cm. Table 1 presents the average growth observed in each quad. Each quad had a total of 12 seeds. No seeds were removed during the course of the experiment.

Therefore, I was correct in my hypothesis that dark will have an effect on the germination of radish seeds. Also, I was very close in predicting that the seeds grown in the light will germinate twice as much as the seeds grown in the dark; the control seeds grew a little less than double the size of the experimental seeds. Ultimately, my experiment proved that light is a very important factor in the growth of any plant. However, I’ve learned that seeds grown in the dark will germinate, though slowly, as

This experiment was performed to give a better idea of interspecific competition and intraspecific competition between radish seeds and wheat seeds at high and low densities. By planting two species only pots and two combined species pots our results showed that the radish seeds performed better at both interspecific and intraspecific competitions and concluded that the lower the pot density the more resources and growth. 32 radish seeds were evenly planted in pot A1 followed by 32 wheat seeds planted in pot A2 and 16 of each radish and wheat seeds combined (32 total) planted in pot AB1. We repeated this procedure again but this time planting 96 radish seeds evenly in pot A2, 96 wheat seeds in pot B2 and 48 of each radish and wheat seeds combined (96

Two miles underground in the Vale Creighton mine lies an advance lab far from the common world. In this lab many experiments are done from sub-atomic and astro-particle physics to the reactions of fruit flies to this underground environment. But one of the experiments is how organisms react to the absence of radiation underground and how it effects life. SnoLab the company in charge of this facility calls this experiment REPAIR (Researching the Effects of the Presence and Absence of Ionizing Radiation).

poultry and meat were approximately 800-1400 times that dose, of fruits and vegetables. A radiation dose of about

Food irradiation is the exposure of a carefully measured amount of ionizing radiation to food. This is done in a processing room or a sealed chamber for a specified amount of time. With food irradiation, energy from radiation breaks chemical bonds, leaving the food fresh and nutritious, but with specific benefits, depending on the treatment type. (1) Food irradiation kills bacteria in the food and interferes with its molecular bonds to stop it from multiplying. (2)

My hypothesis was supported because many changes were observed between the two slides we tested. After irradiation cells were broken apart, they were like free radicals. Cells were disorganized, stages of mitoses were paused, and many parts were missing, neither cells had bounds between one another. Such procedures damage the quality of food; they damage the vitamins within the food itself, enzymes and so on. Food irradiation has pluses and minuses. It makes the food we eat less harmful by killing the bacteria’s, viruses, parasites and so on, but it also kills the organic food. It causes natural processes such as cell division to pause or stop, by damaging their DNA. They may kill the bacteria within the food, but they also destroy the quality of food

Statement of Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to see what effect irradiation will have on the germination of radish seeds. The control group is the seeds with no irradiation. The control variable is the quantity of seeds.

You many also think that using irradiation could cause the nutritional value to decrease or become lesser. Many studies have been done to prove that irradiation has no effect on the food itself. Along with it having no effect on the food it has no effect on the person or animal consuming the treated

Irradiation play the most important role to prevent foodborne illness and food losses due to spoilage. Therefore, irradiation can significantly strengthen the existing decontamination efforts during the processing, such as a proper washing and well maintained storage to improve the food safety of egg products. The benefits of reducing or eliminating microorganisms might cause a risk of oxidative damages in macromolecules only at high-dose of irradiation. When eggs exposed to low-dose of energy, all variations in their nutritional profile is very slight or minimal. There is no scientific evidence that say shell egg irradiation can be harmful to human beings at low-dose. This is one thing most agreed on. Since irradiation of shell eggs at low

Irradiation is an intimidating word to consumers who incorrectly associate it with radioactivity, mutations and other dangerous notions (Osterholm). The true technique for food irradiation involves using either x-rays or gamma rays to transmit

In countries where food irradiation is permitted, both the sources of radiation and their energy levels are regulated and controlled. The irradiation process involves passing the food through a radiation field at a set speed to control the amount of energy or dose absorbed by the food. The food itself never comes into direct contact with the radiation source. The maximum allowable energies for electrons and X-rays --two machine-generated sources of radiation that can be used -- are 10 million electron volts (MeV) and 5 MeV, respectively. Even when foods are exposed to very