Will the quality of water affect the plants' ability to photosynthesize? How might the quality of water affect the plants' structure and growth?

Plants play a vital role in our environment. They serve as the base for nearly all food chains, and improve the quality of the air. But arguably, their most important role is their ability to combat climate change. Plants are naturally able to cool the atmosphere due to their constant intake of CO2. With all these important jobs plants have, it is essential that they are healthy and flourishing. But with multiple kinds of pollution worsening each day, that cannot be guaranteed. Water pollution is especially dangerous because that is what goes directly into the plants’ system. If their health is at risk, so is the planet’s. Agricultural run-off, something used to boost the nutrient content in farm crops consisting mainly of nitrogen and phosphorus, makes up a good portion of water pollution worldwide by an estimate of 80 percent. New York, the city’s sewage system, which also consists of mostly nitrogen, contributes to the pollution in the surrounding waterways. Ammonia is a chemical compound made up of mostly nitrogen, and nitrogen is an element that can be of high risk to its surroundings when present in high amounts. This experiment focuses on how ammonia might impact a plant’s ability to develop and photosynthesize.