OBJECTIVES

a)To determine whether the cigarette smoke gives positive or negative effect on plant. b)To study the content in cigarette that affects the plant most.

LITERATURE REVIEW

TAR CARBON MONOXIDE LOW

CIGARETTE

FILTER

MEDIUM UNFILTER HIGH

LIST OF EQUIPMENTS
SEEDS CIGARETTES LIGHTER ERLENMEYER FLASK VACUUM PLASTICINE PARAFILM BEAKER COTTON WOOL TUBE BASIN

Timing 4 hours interval , 15 minutes exposure

morning afternoon evening night

8.00 am

12.00 pm

4.00 pm

8.00 pm

3 days exposure, 12 cigarettes used.

RESULTS..

Average height , cm Average height, cm (before) (after) A (controlled) B (filtered cigarettes) C (non-filtered cigarette)

Height increase, cm

16.13 19.43

18.27 19.65

2.14 0.22

18.97

19.78

0.81

AMOUNT OF CIGARETTES

INITIAL MASS OF COTTON WOOL, g 1.56 1.56 1.54

MASS OF COTTON WOOL AFTER EXPOSURE, g 2.01 1.55 1.57

1 FILTERED CIGARETTE 3 FILTERED CIGARETTES 1 UNFILTERED CIGARETTE

3 UNFILTERED CIGARETTE

1.52

1.54

POSITIVE

NEGATIVE

SUPPLY CO2 TO PLANTCarbon monoxide, for example, is able to be converted by the plant into carbon dioxide, which the plant can use readily for photosynthesis.

CONTAIN HARMFUL SUBSTANCES THAT INHIBIT PLANT GROWTHcigarette smoke harms plants' growth by interfering with their respiration, photosynthesis and nutrition uptake.

Respiration

Photosynthesis

microorganism

a)the cigarette smoke did gives positive and negative effect on plant growth. b)the content in cigarette that affects the plant most are tar and carbon monoxide, despite other substance such as formaldehyde, ammonia, carcinogen, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT.