How does laundry detergent affect plant growth?

Answer 1

Detergents can break down water surface tension and affect the pH of the soil affecting water and nutrient uptake.

They can also damage the root hairs of the plant inhibiting or preventing water and nutrient uptake. Normally the first signs of this are wilting of the plant.

Answer 2

Laundry detergent contains powerful surfactants such as sodium dodecyl sulfate. These detergents characteristically aggregate lipids and denature proteins. When detergents are absorbed by a plant, the detergents can cause cell membranes to collapse and membranes to function improperly. This can cause part or all of a plant to die.

Answer 3

Great Q! I was learning about problem q's in science so i know what you need to do. You need to test this. But first, there are a few steps before testing:

1-Problem_ How does detergent affect plant growth?

Independent Variable=detergent(independent variable means what is changed)

Dependent Variable=plant growth(dependent variable means what is measured)

you need 3 different BRANDS of detergent. If you want laundry detergent, use Tide, Oxi-Clean, and Clorox. You also need a control group(it receives no treatment and is under normal conditions). Your control group=water.

Constants:

location:all in the SAME place_1/4 cup of detergent/water every day_4 different plants of the same kind for each group_give every plant the SAME treatment__

note-mark your plants so you know which detergent to pour.

2-research_what do you want to know more

3-Hypothesis

4-Materials:same kind of plant, Tide,Oxi-Clean,Clorox,water...

5-Procedure

6-EXPERIMENT!

7-Data

8-results

9-conclusion

Answer 4

Yes they do because the chemicals in things like cleaning spray can destroy the plants.

Answer 5

it effects the growth of plants by killing the

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