Student Blog Post #3

1. What changes do you notice in your plants this week? Describe the overall appearance of your plant. I noticed that the plant had grown their leaves bigger. The plant is big and green. With leaves sprouting out of the stem, but bigger than before.
2. How do your plants participate in the movement of water in the biosphere? How do your plants' roles in the water cycle relate to the changes you observed in your plants this week? My plant participated in the movement of water by, putting down roots into the soil to draw out water. The parts the plant participated in are transpiration and evaporation. The water then moves up the stem and onto the leaves, which by then, the warmth from the sun causes the water to turn into vapor and evaporate into the atmosphere.
   
3. How do your plants participate in the movement of carbon in the biosphere?  How do your plants' roles in the carbon cycle relate to the changes you observed in your plants this week? My plant participates by taking the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and combines it with the water. My plant's role in the carbon cycle relates to how caterpillars eat out holes of the leaves on the plant this week,as eating the plant gives some of the carbon to the caterpillar.
4. How do your plants participate in the movement of nitrogen in the biosphere?  How do your plants' roles in the nitrogen cycle relate to the changes you observed in your plants this week? The plant takes the nitrogen in the roots and turns them into ammonium. The plant's role in the nitrogen cycle affects the plant in no way but keeping them alive, as plants need nitrogen to live.