Scarification is a process that scratches up the surfaces of seeds that pass through the guts of birds. A student wanted to see if scarified seeds grew better than those that were not scarified. He simulated scarification by rubbing 20 cherry seeds with sandpaper. Another set of 20 cherry seeds were left alone. The student planted each of the seeds into separate pots and gave them the same amount of water daily. The pots were placed in a location with a constant temperature of approximately 25 degrees C. The number of seeds that germinated each group was recorded daily for three weeks