The student provides a focused and detailed description of the research question and relevant and appropriate background information. The biology is explained well enough for the reader to understand it without difficulty, but including relevant figures would have been helpful. However, the null and alternative hypothesis are not explained well enough and the null hypothesis is not stated. The methodology is highly appropriate and focused on answering the research question, but a subsection dedicated to controlled variables is missing. The student shows full awareness of safety and ethical concerns, but did not address environmental issues that could have arisen during the experiment.
