After observing our plants once more this week, we have noticed that they have grown many more little, white flowers. The bean plants have grown quite tall, and their leaves and stalks greener than ever before. The plant that we tested with the Gatorade in our experiment has lost its reddish tinge, and it has become very difficult to differentiate the plants at a glance.
In terms of the biosphere, our plants participate in the movement of water by taking part in the water cycle. The plants absorb water through their roots, and then release that water back into the air through transpiration. Our plants have adapted to living in the outdoors with plenty of water, with broader leaves to allow water to evaporate from them. In addition to being a part of the water cycle, our bean plants also take part in the carbon and nitrogen cycle. The plants take in carbon dioxide gas, using the carbon to create carbohydrates during the process of photosynthesis. These are passed on through the food webs by consumers. Our plants, just like almost all other plant life, use photosynthesis to produce glucose and what is needed for them to survive. As of the nitrogen cycle, nitrogen is used by all organisms to create amino acids, which is used to build proteins. Producers like our bean plants absorb the nitrogen through soil when bacteria converts the nitrogen gas to ammonia, allowing the plants to create proteins, which, in turn, is passed along through the food webs, allowing the nitrogen cycle to continue. 
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