Since Peter learned that Venus flytraps generally grow better in warmer/milder climates, he wondered if lower temperatures would affect how quickly they close. So he designed and conducted an experiment. For his experiment, he bought sixteen Venus Flytraps from a local flower shop that sold exotic plants. He then placed eight Venus Flytraps outdoors at the beginning of winter (temperature = 6.9°C) and eight Venus Flytraps inside his house (temperature = 22.2°C). After allowing the Venus Flytraps to adapt to their surroundings for a day, Peter began his experiment. Peter used a small peg (wooden stick) to activate the Venus Flytraps by touching their “trigger hairs”. After that, he used a stopwatch to determine how many seconds it would take for it to fully close. He repeated this process for all of the Venus Flytraps (indoors and outdoors) and the data he recorded can be found in the tables below.
The independent variable is temperature.
The dependent variable is the closing time of the fly trap.
Two constants, 1/ Sample size for experiment and control (8). 2/ Location where the Flytraps were purchased.
Independent: temperature
Dependent: how quickly they closed
Control: indoor/soft temperature
Constants: same type of trap as Venus and same rod (may affect it by how deep Peter pushes)
Oh, and that’s science, not math.
Venus Flytrap Experiments
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