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Sprouts: An Experimental Study

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The trend, shown by the line of best fit, indicates clearly that exposure to UV light harms the growth of the sprout, delaying the process. The sprouts that received the full exposure were harmed the most, followed by the half exposure and then no UV exposure, only a household lamp light. Interestingly, the sprouts of all 3 different light exposures manages to grow up to a reasonably healthy height, was healthy in pigmentation and did not wither under different lights. The

The method of the experiment changed because a battery-powered UV light source was used. This was found to be unreliable as the battery would run out after only a 2-3 days which meant this experiment had to be restarted. This occurred twice and in order to keep the experiment

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