The River, The Lake, And The Beans

While displaying doubt to her mother about being able to get the job Mr Walter was offering, her mother expresses her faith in Taylor on page 7 of The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver by saying, “The way I see it, a person isn’t nothing more than a scarecrow...the only difference between one that stands up good and one that blows over is what they are stuck up on.” She knows that Taylor can handle whatever challenges the job presents her with and wants her to realize that in herself she has the power to do it, now all she has to do is use what she knows to get the job. Mama says this to her in a knowing way, because while Taylor does not realize herself she can get the job, Mama knows she can. A few days after Mama tells her this, she uses her backbone she is “up on” and tells Mr Walter that since he hasn’t made his mind up, she is going to be doing the job. Mama lights a fire in Taylor she didn’t know she had by saying this quote, that she takes to heart throughout the rest of the novel.

The purpose of this lab is to observe the various osmosity rates of different vegetables and the relationship of the surface area-to-volume ratio and rate of diffusion. In activity 1, we hypothesize that the agar cubes with higher surface area-to-volume ratio have higher rate of diffusion. Reversely, the agar cubes with lower surface area-to-volume ratio have lower rate of diffusion. In the activity 2, we hypothesize the potato has higher osmosity rate than carrot.

Author use many symbolism in the book The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. She uses symbolism because it makes it easier for readers to understand the deeper meaning or feeling of the character or the events that are happening. For example, author uses the symbolism of bean trees as transformation and Ismene as the abandoned children to show the deeper meaning of them.

The final 2 property points were earned for the description and discussion of specific heat.

differences in her character "I was liking Lou Ann a great deal these days. In

Write a composition based on the novel you have studied discussing the basis for and impact of individual choices. What idea does the author develop regarding choices?

Intro: Refugees face a far worse life than most people can imagine, and there is no easy way out for them. They first must get out of whatever dangerous place they are in, then travel long distances with almost no resources, and even if they do make it safely to the USA there is a chance they will be sent back or even put in jail. The refugee experience is defined by risks and belonging.

First, before starting my experiment I did some research on the growth of lima beans, so that I could start the base of the project. According to research done at the University of

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver deals with many issues in the 20th century such as women hood, motherhood and immigration laws. But this novel is much more than the issues presented. The Bean Trees focuses on the importance of family and the love that is shared throughout the novel. Barbara Kingsolver uses many literary elements to express this love and to overcome the challenges that are within the book itself. Another piece of literature that compares to The Bean Trees is “Women Work” by Maya Angelou.

Humans regularly destroy natural landscapes on daily basis. Humans will contribute to destroying an ecosystem without even knowing it, by littering or using aerosols. The only way that these organisms can keep up is through being better taken care of. It’s known that water, sunlight, and soil is needed for a plant to thrive. There have been many studies on types of soil and levels of sunlight to determine which is best. There are studies on the amounts of water a plant needs to survive, this is great for farmers to be economically efficient but what about the casual gardeners? The average gardener likely doesn’t have top class soil, water, or optimal sunlight levels. Our research will focus specifically on water that’s readily available to the Perkins household and see which would be best for the household when taking care of their plantlife. Through this research, we hope to find information that is of use for any of the casual gardener population. The hypothesis is that the tap or untreated water, will be best for the plants thus retaining the most color. This is what’s typically used. In addition, soft water will be used. This water is thought to do well in taking color in our experiment. Healthwise, not better than the untreated water, but not as bad as the reverse osmosis. Lastly, the reverse osmosis is going to do the worst. The flower may wilt and the color won’t take

The purpose of this lab was to investigate and observe the effects of organic vs. synthetic fertilizers on plant growth by planting lima beans with added amounts of fertilizers, and to see how does adding different nutrients to the soil affect the growth of the lima bean? A significant difference was examined between the plants that contained manure and miracle growth, unfortunately the plant with no additional fertilizers (Plant #3) did not show any growth. The plant that grew the most was the one that contained manure, to an extent the one that grew the most in a short period of time was the one that contained miracle growth, as shown in figure I. The hypothesis explaining if the Lima Bean plant contains synthetic nutrients in the soil then

On the one hand, there is the effect of water content in the soil: due to its ability to store

Water is essential to all life on earth, especially plants. However, plants cannot gallop up to a stream and slurp water from its bountiful bends as a horse would. Plants require a certain mechanism called capillary action.

The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effect of the change in concentration of sucrose on the rate of osmosis in cylinders of potatoes.

All plants are subjected to a multitude of stresses throughout their life cycle. Depending on the species of plant and the source of the stress, the plant will respond in different ways. When a certain tolerance level is reached, the plant will eventually die. When the plants in question are crop plants, then a problem arises. The two major environmental factors that currently reduce plant productivity are drought and salinity (Serrano, 1999), and these stresses cause similar reactions in plants due to water stress. These environmental concerns affect plants more than is commonly thought. For example, disease and insect loss typically decrease crop yields by less than ten percent, but severe