Because plants cannot move or talk, most people believe that they have no feelings and that they cannot receive signals from outside. However, this may not be completely true. 

People who studied plants have found out that plants carry a small electrical charge . It is possible to measure this charge with a small piece of equipment called "galvanometer". The galvanometer is placed on a leaf off the plant, and it records any changes in the electrical field of the leaf. Humans have a similar field which can change when we are shocked or frightened. 

A man called Backster used a galvanometer for his studies of plants and was very surprised at his results. He found that if he had two or more plants in a room and he began to destroy one of them - perhaps by pulling off its leaves or by pulling it out of its pot - then the galvanometer on the leaves of the other plants showed a change in the electrical field. It seemed as if the plants were signalling a feeling of shock. This happened not only when Backster started to destroy plants, but also when he destroyed other living things such as insects . 

Backster said that the plants also knew if someone had destroyed a living thing some distance away, because they signalled when a man who had just cut down a tree entered the room. 

Another scientist, named Sauvin, achieved similar results to Backster's. He kept galvanometers fixed to his plants all the time and checked regularly to see what the plants were doing. If he was out of the office, he telephoned to find out about the signals the plants were sending. In this way, he found that the plants were sending out signals at the exact times when he felt strong pleasure or pain. In fact, Sauvin could cause a change in the electrical field of his plants over a distance of a few miles simply by thinking about them. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Do plants carry an electrical charge?
2. Is any kind of electrical charge found in plants?
3. Is it accepted that plants carry an electrical charge?
Q2:
1. What device did Backster use?
2. What tool did Backster use to measure the plants' electrical charges?
3. What equipment did Backster use to carry out his research?
Q3:
1. What scientist was able to back up Backster's results with their own research?
2. Other than Backster, who was also able to notice the electrical charge of plants?
3. What scientist carried out research whose results resembled those of Backster?
Q4:
1. Is the electrical field of humans similar to that of plants?
2. Do humans have an electrical field like the ones plants do?
3. Does our electrical field as humans resemble the one observed in plants?
Q5:
1. Are plants capable of sensing strong emotions?
2. Is there an observable correlation between the plants and strong emotions?
3. Do plants seem to sense strong emotions like pleasure and pain?
Q6:
1. What did Backster pull off of the plants?
2. What did Backster take off of some of the plants?
3. What part of the some plants did Backster take to removing?
Q7:
1. For Sauvin, did thinking about the plants alter the electrical field?
2. Did Sauvin observe a change in electrical field when he simply thought of the plants?
3. According to Sauvin's research, did the action of thinking about the plants cause a change in electrical field? 
Q8:
1. From how far away was Sauvin able to change the electrical field by thinking about the plants?
2. How far away could Sauvin be from the plants to alter their electrical field with his thoughts?
3. From what distance did Sauvin manage to alter his plants' electrical field by thinking about them?
Q9:
1. Did it seem that the plants could sense the destruction of other living beings?
2. Did Backster observe an awareness from the plants when other living things were destroyed?
3. Did Backster notice feedback from the plants when he destroyed other living things?
Q10:
1. What do most people believe plants not to possess?
2. What do most people believe plants to be incapable of?
3. What do many among us think plants simply do not have?
