Exemplar 8: Ancillaries 

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Growing plants

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Class 6 wanted to find out what plants need to grow well, so they have been growing plants for a few weeks. The plants were put in differerent positions so that they could grow in different conditions.

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Class 6 added fertilizer to four of the plants to make sure they had all the nutrients they needed.

Here is a table of Class 6's results.

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Hours of light Amount of water Temperature C Fertilizer
Plant 1 0 hours 40 cm3 20C checkmark
Plant 2 7 hours 0 cm3 20C checkmark
Plant 3 7 hours 40 cm3 0C checkmark
Plant 4 7 hours 40 cm3 20C x
Plant 5 7 hours 0 cm3 20C checkmark
  1. Which plant do you think will grow the best?
  2. Why?
  3. Where do you think plant 1 was growing?
  4. Why?
  5. Where do you think plant 3 was growing?
  6. Why?
  7. Make a list of the conditions that plants need to grow well.