Formal Lab Report

SEED GERMINATION LAB

Seed Germination•Seed germination is the early growth stage of the a seed (plant baby). •When seeds germinate, they absorb water which causes food-storing tissues to swell and crack open the seed coat. •The young root grows through the cracked seed coat.

Seed Germination

Corn (monocot)

Young shoot

Germinating seed

Primary root

Foliage leaves

Seed Germination

Cotyledons

Bean (dicot)

Germinating seed

Primary root

Young shoot Cotyledons

Seed coat

Foliage leaves

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Today you are going to come up with a title and do research and write a couple paragraphs of background research

In this emperimant you are going to determine the effect of various concentrations of salt water on seed germination.–Title –

• Describes the investigative question, including you independent and dependent variables

–Background information • Describes scientific concepts and clearly defines

scientific terms that are relevant to the investigation

Background Information

• This section should be written in paragraph form. This section should include descriptions of any relevant scientific concepts, theories &/or laws, and definitions of all relevant scientific terms.

• The independent and dependent variable should also be clearly defined and described in this section. The possible relationship between the independent and dependent variable should be identified and explanation of the possible relationship between these two variables.

• USING MLA FORMAT YOU WILL NEED TO CITE YOUR SOURCES IN A BIBLIOGRAPHY SECTION AT THE END OF YOUR LAB REPORT. You should have in text citations/ parenthetical citations (e.g. (Authors last name, page number))

Background InformationThings to consider:•Define key vocabulary words

– Define Seed Germination– Explain what factors affect seed germination

•Describe any living organism or chemicals in your experiment

– Environment the radish plant likes to grow in.– The effect salt might have on plants

•Identify why you experiment is interesting and/ or important– How much salt water is in the oceans? And are there

places where ocean water floods agriculture land.– How would flooded food crops affect people?

For Background MLA Format Citations

• In text/ Parenthetical Citations

• In your works cited/ bibliography

MLA Format Citations

MLA Format Citations

MLA Format Citations

MLA Format Citations

• Helpful Websites:– http://www.clark.edu/Library/iris/use/plagiaris

m_acknowledge/plagiarism_acknowledge.shtml

– https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

– http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-book