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decomp dig

By minceyt
  • Problem

    Problem

    How much will styrofoam decompose?
  • Hypothesis

    Hypothesis

    I think that the sytrofoam will decompose the slowest.
  • Materials and Equipment

    Materials and Equipment

    We use a shovel,tape, and wooden rods. We buried a styrofoam cup, aluminum foil, sun chips bag, regular chips bag,apple,paper,cotton,and a orange.
  • Dig Day

    Dig Day

    Today we dug holes in the ground for each item the cotton fabric, oragne,apple,foil,regular chips bag,sunchips bag,and paper.
  • Materials and Equipment

    Materials and Equipment

    On the day we dug holes we used caution tape,shovels,metal steaks,wooden steaks,and a sledge hammer.
  • Styrofoam

    Styrofoam

    Styrofoam is not a recycled thing so it with probably decinigrate slower than other things we buried.
  • Todays tempature

    Todays tempature

    Tuesday
    Tempature 18 degrees the windchill is 6 degrees
    wind speed 8-12 mph from N-NW
  • Weather for January 11

    The tempature is 15 degrees outside , the windchill is 5 degrees, and the wing speed for today is 4-13 mph.
  • Todays Tempature

    Todays Tempature

    Tempature for today is 15 degrees windchill is 5 degrees and the wind speed for today is 4-13 the wind is blowing from the N-NW
  • Aluminum foil

    Aluminum foil

    I dont think aluminum foil will decinigrate that much or hardly at all.
  • Sun Chips Bag

    Sun Chips Bag

    This fully biodegradable bag is said to be able to decompose over 14 weeks when placed in a hot, active compost bin or pile—at home or at an industrial composting site.
  • Regular Chips Bag

    Regular Chips Bag

    It takes about 14 weeks for a regular sun chips bag to decompose.
  • Weather for February 2

    Weather for February 2

    The tempature is 18 degrees outside, the windchill is 6 degrees , and the wind is blowing 8-12 mph.
  • Apple

    Apple

    It takes about 5 weeks for an apple to rot and decompose.
  • Paper

    Paper

    I don't think paper will decompose at all.
  • Cotton

    Cotton

    I don't think cotton will decompose.
  • Orange

    Orange

    The orange, will take about 6 to 7 weeks to start to decompose.
  • Decomposing Condition

    Decomposing Condition

    In extremly dry and extremely wet conditions,decomposition is slowed down. The ground needs to be moist. Our soil conditions have not been good for decomposition. During the winter we got a lot of snow and the ground was very wet.
  • Orange

    Orange

    The orange turned pink and molded. It decomposed like 55%.
  • Apple

    Apple

    The apple turned from a yummy apple to a rotten ,mushy,gross apple. It decomposed like 50%.
  • Sun Chips Bag

    Sun Chips Bag

    Ripped a little and decoposed like 2%.
  • Regulare Chips Bag

    Regulare Chips Bag

    Didn't do anything, maybe decomposed 10%.
  • Foil

    Foil

    The foil didn't decompose at all, 0%.
  • Styrofoam

    Styrofoam

    The styrofoam broke into little pieces, and decomposed about 40%.
  • Paper

    Paper

    Wet and tore up, decomposed about 40%.
  • Cotton

    Cotton

    Nothing happend to it, decomposed 0%.