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Radical Radish E Fair Projects
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Super Science Fair Projects :: Aerodynamics
Radish science fair projects rock the science fair...
Name: Thomas RESEARCH REPORTIntroduction: Humans and animals need plants. Plants also need animals. Animals help spread the seeds from plants. Animals and humans need plants for food and shelter. They all have a beneficial relationship to each other. One of them could not exist without the other. Plants: Plants are important to our society. They provide food, lumber, clothing, paper, shelter, and many other products we use. Without them we wouldn’t be alive because we are omnivores eating both animals and plants, Animals that eat plants would not exist and carnivores would have no food source. Plants live through photosynthesis where they make their own food using sunlight and an important plant chemical called chlorophyll. The equation for photosynthesis is: Agriculture: Agriculture is the most important industry in the world and is also the largest. When our ancestors began to grow food society was changed. Villages, cities, and towns began to grow rapidly due to agriculture. Communities no matter how advanced could not ignore agriculture’s importance. Now because of the new technologies we have obtained people often don’t look at its importance. About half of all the world’s workers are working in agriculture. It provides us food, clothing, and jobs. Farming is the common use of agriculture to grow natural resources like food, wood, and materials to make clothing. Farming provides us meat and plants. A few of the many plants farmers harvests are beans, potatoes, fruits, nuts, tobacco, radishes, wheat, rice, vegetables, and many other plants. Radishes: A radish is a fast maturing plant known for spiciness and its fleshy root. The scientific name for radish is Raphanus sativus. Radishes are found all over the world. There are two main types of radishes, spring radishes and winter radishes. Radishes maturing times range from 20 to 60 days after planting. Radishes that mature in 30 days or less are called spring radishes, which can be grown in fall gardens. Winter radishes are radishes that take 50 or more days to mature. Skin colors of radishes vary. There are red radishes, white ones, lavender radishes, scarlet radishes, and many other colors. Herbicides: Herbicides are used for the eradication of unwanted plants (usually weeds). However herbicide can harm animals and people. That is why people must be extremely careful with herbicide. 2, 4-D: 2,4-D was the first successful selective herbicide made. It was made in 1946 and is currently the herbicide used most in the world. It is also the most researched herbicide in the world. Its major use in agriculture is with wheat, grains, corn, soybeans, and other major crops. Also it is used to kill weeds, aquatic weeds, and other unwanted plants. The herbicide is a growth inhibitor getting sucked into the plant and causing abnormal growth blockage throughout the system, which stops the plant from taking in liquids and nutrients. This starves the plant causing it to die. However herbicides are extremely dangerous because this specific weed killer 2, 4-D is corrosive, its effects are it causes irreversible damage to the human eye, can be fatal if absorbed through skin, and is also extremely dangerous if swallowed or inhaled. Summary: Although herbicides are useful in the destruction of unwanted plants they continue to be a threat to humans, plants (including radishes), and wildlife through pollution. Unfortunately the escape of herbicides and other pollutants continues to contaminate our water and hurt plants and animals alike. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to thank the following people for helping make my project possible:
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