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I set out to discover what would happen if I grew Steggy (I know he's not really a Stegosaurus) in vinegar instead of water. The question I wanted to answer was how does the growth conditions affect the rate of growth of a growbeast. I set up my experiment with one bowl of vinegar for Steggy and one bowl of plain old H2O for his cousin, Bronty (also not a brontosaurus). All other conditions were controlled for, such as amount of light, temperature of liquid and room, amount of liquid, etc. Both containers of liquid were kept at room temperature in a room temperature environment that received minimal light. I allowed the growbeast to grow for at least four days, taking measurements intially every couple of hours when the growbeasts were growing quickly, to every 8-10 hours, due to time away from home. The results were plain to see with the naked eye, but even more so with a graphical representation of the data. Bronty dominated Steggy, in fact, after only two days of growth, Bronty was larger than Steggy will ever get. From this experiment, it is easy to see that growing a growbeast in vinegar negatively affect the amount of growth of a growbeast.

Bronty's Results: Steggy's Results:
 * Time (hr) || Length (cm) ||
 * 0 || 4.4 ||
 * 1.5 || 4.5 ||
 * 3 || 4.6 ||
 * 9 || 5.5 ||
 * 13.5 || 6.1 ||
 * 21 || 7.3 ||
 * 30.5 || 8.5 ||
 * 36 || 8.9 ||
 * 44 || 9.3 ||
 * 55 || 9.6 ||
 * 61 || 9.9 ||
 * 69 || 10.2 ||
 * 78 || 10.3 ||
 * 90 || 10.3 ||
 * 102.5 || 10.4 ||
 * 111 || 10.4 ||
 * 120.5 || 10.4 ||
 * Time (hr) || Length (cm) ||
 * 0 || 4.3 ||
 * 1.5 || 4.3 ||
 * 3 || 4.4 ||
 * 6.5 || 4.6 ||
 * 7.5 || 4.6 ||
 * 15 || 4.8 ||
 * 25.5 || 5.1 ||
 * 31.5 || 5.1 ||
 * 39 || 5.3 ||
 * 49.5 || 5.5 ||
 * 55 || 5.5 ||
 * 64 || 5.7 ||
 * 77.5 || 5.8 ||
 * 90 || 5.9 ||
 * 104.5 || 5.9 ||
 * 112 || 6.1 ||
 * 121.5 || 6.1 ||



Next time, it would be interesting to compare the same two liquids, but at different temperatures. I could have vinegar at hot and cold temperatures and compare it with the rate of growth of a growbeast in water at hot and cold temperatures. I would hypothesize that the warmer the temperature of each liquid got, the better or faster the growth of the growbeast. It would be interesting to compare warm vinegar and cold water and see if the rates of growth were similar using temperature as the variable.