Discussion

If put the fertilizer in the water. Then pH level will decrease. On day 5, after

added the fertilizer on the soil, the result support the hypothesis. But when measure the

pH level again on day 7, the result wasn’t support the hypothesis anymore. Hence, the

result means the fertilizer did affect to the pH level in sometimes but sometimes wasn’t.

The cause that the result on day 5 was support the hypothesis, but on day 7 wasn’t

support was when added the fertilizer and it stay in the aquatic zone for many days (day

7), the intensity of the fertilizer was less than on day 5. It means the intensity was

decrease on day 7. And when measure the pH level of the water in aquatic zone of the

ecocolumn, the pH level was changed. The experiment got this data because intensity of

the fertilizer in the water decreased on day 7. The literature review states that fertilizer

can effect the pH level in the aquatic zone. Of all the major fertilizer nutrients, nitrogen is

the main nutrient affecting soil pH, and soils can become more acidic because of the

fertilizer (Fertilizer and soil acidity, 2013). Hence, the result on day 5 was support the

literature review. However, on day 7 wasn’t support the literature review. The mistakes

that could have changed my results was when put the fertilizer too much into the soil.

And that affected to the result because the plant died and need to put the new plant to the

ecocolumn again. That effected to have less time (day) to observe the ecocolumn. And

that will make our result have less accuracy or some result is not the same. If have more

time to observe, the more correctly and accuracy of the result will be. The experiment

agrees with some points the knowledge that I find. That is the fertilizer can effect to the

pH level on day 5 but on day 7 it agrees with the literature review.

 The thing that would change about the experiment if were do it again was put the

appropriate quantity of the fertilizer in the soil and give more time or more day for the

observation. It will influence to the experiment to be more reliable, accuracy and

correctly for the result.

In the future experiment, the things that will improve was prepare more time to

observe the experiment in many days more than this. The reason that would change the

experiment to be more days to observation was the result will be more accurate. And the

second changed that would change in the experiment was the appropriate amount that not

too less and too much fertilizer in the soil because it will make the plant died easily.