Pollination of a Canary Tree Flower
Pollination is an essential part of the life cycle of flowering plants. We perform an experiment to determine how long a canary tree flower is accessible to pollinating insects so that fertilization can take place. We conducted an observational study where we measured the size of the same flower and...
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| description | Pollination is an essential part of the life cycle of flowering plants. We perform an experiment to determine how long a canary tree flower is accessible to pollinating insects so that fertilization can take place. We conducted an observational study where we measured the size of the same flower and charted its growth each day. With the observational data we constructed a scatter plot and from the graph we fit a cubic function to the data. We conclude that in the lifespan of a canary tree flower, pollination begins at 5 1/2 days and ends approximately 9 days later. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-419f8c71805d45a3af6144b7d7c8fde22022-12-22T02:43:55ZengUniversity of South FloridaUndergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two2326-36522010-01-013110.5038/2326-3652.3.1.17Pollination of a Canary Tree FlowerAbbie O'Hern WeeksPollination is an essential part of the life cycle of flowering plants. We perform an experiment to determine how long a canary tree flower is accessible to pollinating insects so that fertilization can take place. We conducted an observational study where we measured the size of the same flower and charted its growth each day. With the observational data we constructed a scatter plot and from the graph we fit a cubic function to the data. We conclude that in the lifespan of a canary tree flower, pollination begins at 5 1/2 days and ends approximately 9 days later.http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol3/iss1/17Newton’s Method, Curve Fitting, Pollination |
| spellingShingle | Abbie O'Hern Weeks Pollination of a Canary Tree Flower Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two Newton’s Method, Curve Fitting, Pollination |
| title | Pollination of a Canary Tree Flower |
| title_full | Pollination of a Canary Tree Flower |
| title_fullStr | Pollination of a Canary Tree Flower |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pollination of a Canary Tree Flower |
| title_short | Pollination of a Canary Tree Flower |
| title_sort | pollination of a canary tree flower |
| topic | Newton’s Method, Curve Fitting, Pollination |
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