This week I've noticed quite a change in our plants. They've grown back some leaves back, and are much bigger now. The red hue in their leaves is also much more noticeable now. Though, there is a hole in one of the leaves which has grown much bigger now.
There was recently rain this week, giving our plants lots of water. Plants participate in the Water Cycle by using their roots to draw water to the stems and leaves. This means our plants have gotten a lot of nutrients since then! Some of the water is returned through a process called transpiration. Transpiration is where water is carried out through the stems and leaves of a plant and returned to the Water Cycle as vapor.
Our plants also have a role in the Carbon Cycle. Plants use a process called photosynthesis which let them take carbon dioxide and add it to water. This is combined with sunlight to create sugars and oxygen, so our plants have made lots of sugars and Oxygen!
There is just one more cycle our plants have taken part in- and thats the Nitrogen Cycle! Plants take part in the cycle by using a process called Assimilation, which is how plants get Nitrogen! Plants absorb nirates through their roots which is used in amino acids, chlorophyll, and nucleic acids. They also take part by Ammonification. This happens when a plant or animal dies. Decomposers turn the nitrogen from them back into ammonium so it may re-enter the Nitrogen cycle, So our plant has taken part in many processes during this time!
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