2nd Place in the Science Fair!

Do Flowers Drink Water?

When I drink water out of a straw, the water in the cup goes down. When a flower drinks water through it's stem, will the water in the vase go down, too?






My Hypothosis, (My Best Guess), is:
Flowers drink water.

I filled a vase with water and put a little food coloring in, too.






I made a ruler and taped it to the side of the vase to help me measure the amount of water that the flower drinks.






I observed and recorded the changes in the flower in my vase as well as a flower that I didn't have water.

At the end of the week, the flower with water was healthy, and there was less water in the vase than when I had started. The flower without water was brown and crumbly.

CONCLUSION: Flowers DO drink water!