High Methane Environments Scifair Projects

Methane

Methane is a gas that is produced by animals. It is smelly and noxious in high concentrations.

Objectives/Goals

The objective of my project was to observe monocots and dicots in high methane environments to see which survived the best.

Methods/Materials

I placed 3 monocots and 3 dicots in sealed containers and then placed 3 more monocots and 3 dicots in sealed containers with methane. I observed them for 10 days, twice a day, taking a picture every morning, and documenting my observations. I then converted my data in to numbers and created a chart of my umerical data.

Results

As I stated in my hypothesis, I found that the monocots survived much better than the dicots do to their lower photosynthetic rates.

Conclusions/Discussion

In a high methane environment, the monocots would survive much better than the dictos because their lower photo synthetic rate. They, however, would provide a very specified environment because of the very small and distinct number of monocots. 3rd party contributor