Snehal dug two pits, A and B, in her garden. In pit A, she put fruit and vegetable peels Class 8
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Snehal dug two pits, A and B, in her garden. In pit A, she put fruit and vegetable peels Class 8
Snehal dug two pits, A and B, in her garden. In pit A, she put fruit and vegetable peels and mixed them with dried leaves. In pit B, she dumped the same kind of waste without mixing it with dried leaves. She covered both the pits with soil and observed after 3 weeks. What is she trying to test? Class 8
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She is trying to test the effectiveness of composting.
- In Pit A, the mixture of green waste (fruit/vegetable peels) and dry leaves provides the correct carbon-nitrogen balance needed for decomposition.
- Pit B lacks this balance and will decompose more slowly and may smell. This experiment shows that decomposing agents like microorganisms work better when both carbon rich and nitrogen-rich materials are present.