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Do electromagnetic fields affect plant growth?

Electromagnetic fields should affect plant growth. They should affect them negatively, because some people who live near high voltage towers get cancer, which affects humans negatively.

First, an electrical plug is connected to one terminal of the 60-Watt light bulb fixture and some 14 gauge electrical wire to the other. Insert the light bulb fixture into the socket and fix the socket to the wood. The socket underneath the light bulb is bought at the store. Then, the wire is wrapped around the containers. Ten wraps are wrapped around the first, twenty around the second, and thirty around the third. The diameter of the containers is 12 centimeters. The plants are germinated first in paper cups not exposed to electromagnetism. When they are ready to be subjected to electromagnetism, the containers are filled with 700 milliliters of soil, and the plants are transplanted from the paper cups to the containers. The plants and remaining dirt are put into the pot. The total amount of soil is 800 milliliters. The plants are measured each day and are watered about every four days. The temperature and time are also recorded in the logbook when they were measured. Keep the electrical plug in the AC outlet until experimenting is done.

Equipment:
a plastic carton
a ruler (metric side)
four plastic containers
a piece of iron (to shield the control plant from electromagnetic fields)
a metal attachment
AC wall outlet
wood (to secure light bulb on)
light bulb fixture
60-Watt light bulb
14 gauge electrical wire
potting soil
bean seeds
ground wire
thermometers
a clock
a wooden rod (to help measure plants)

Control Group:
The control group is the plants not exposed to electromagnetic fields.

Variables:
The experimental groups are the plants growing in the pots with ten, twenty, and thirty wraps.

In the experiment, there can be no reliable conclusions drawn from the data taken, for the heights of the plants are very close. If more plants could be tested under different strengths of electromagnetism, the results might change. Also, the distance between the plants and the light bulb would be equal for all plants.

If electromagnetism affected the plants or not does not change the fact that they would have died anyway. Everything and everyone will wear out or die sooner or later. Except for the Eternal Lord Jesus Christ, who has the power to save anyone. The only thing you have to do is ask. It says in John 6:27, "But you shouldn't be so concerned about perishable things like food. No, spend your energy seeking the eternal life that I, the Messiah, can give you. For God the Father has sent me for this very purpose." (Jesus is talking.) Ask a teacher, pastor, or deacon if you have not received the gift of eternal life. Believe me it will be the best choice you have ever made.

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