PHOTOSYNTHESIS SUMMATIVE REPORT

in Elodea at a distance of 5cm from the plant?

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PROBLEM: How does the color of light (blue, red) affect the rate of photosynthesis HYPOTHSIS: If doubling the amount of carbon dioxide in 100ml of water, then
Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct. This is how plants are made.

PROCEDURE FOR CARBON DIOXIDE (BAKING SODA) 1. Measure and cut at an angle elodea 7 to 9 cm. Remove a few leaves from end of stem and slightly crush end of stem. 2. Measure mass in grams and record. 3. Put elodea stem side up in a test tube. 4. Fill test tube with water and baking soda solution (1 gram to 100 mL of water). 5. Put tube in rack and adjust lamp with 5 cm from top of test tube. 6. Turn on lamp and wait 1 minute. 7. After 1 minute, begin counting small, medium and large bubbles for 3 minutes. Record data. 8. Repeat with with .5 grams and 100mL of water. 10. Repeat for Trial 2

DATA/OBSERVATIONS:
Trial 1 ___grams
Small x 1 CO2 1 gram 42 x 1= 42

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Oxygen Produced in 3 minutes at 5 and 10 cm

Medium x 2 17 x 2= 34 Large x 3 4 x 3= 12 Total 88

.5 gram

31 x 1= 31

14 x 2= 28

6 x 3= 18

77

Notes: Trial 2 _____grams

Small x 1 CO2 1 gram .5 gram 95 x 1= 95 71 x 1= 71

Oxygen Produced in 3 minutes at 5 and 10 cm

Medium x 2 25 x 2= 50 19 x 2= 38 Large x 3 15 x 3= 45 10 x 3= 30 Total 190 139

Grams Trial 1 Trial 2

.5 25.6 46.3

1 29.3 63.3

Average

108

139

2013 AVERAGE DATA IN 3 MINUTES FROM 5 DIFFERENT CLASSES Baking Soda

.5g CLASS PERIOD AVERAGES 1 2 3 1g % Oxygen Decrease/Increase

108 69 33.7

139 47 26.5

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4 6 7 TOTAL/5 AVERAGE 23.7 26.3 3.8 264.5/6 44.1 14.3 36.3 72.8 335.9/6 56

Conclusion:
In this lab I investigated doubling the amount of baking soda. I predicted that the elodea would increase by 50% in the rate of how many bubbles it produces. I was correct. My group got to 100 or above in each experiment. I was correct. What happened when we did this experiment once the water was mixed with the baking soda, we turned on the lights and counted the bubbles. After that we put in all of the data into our computers. Once we finished all of the above, we typed up our reports and turned them in.

ANALYSIS:
1. How was the data inconsistent? 2. What was difficult to control in this experiment? 3. Was this test fair and repeatable? Explain. 4. What changes would you consider to make the experiment more reliable? 5. Why is understanding photosynthesis important?
The data in this lab was inconsistent because we made a lot of mistakes life when we put the baking soda in the water we did not mix it, or when it was time

Ross Crumrine Science Period 1 December 6, 2013 to turn the light on we would be behind. In this experiment it was hard to control what bubbles we counted because we counted every bubble that we saw and we were only supposed to count the ones that came off of the Elodea. This test that we did was not fair or repeatable because we did not do it exactly as the instructions explained it. Next time if we did this experiment again I would count the Coz coming off of the elodea. I know that my understanding of photosynthesis is important because if I did not know about photosynthesis then I would not know about how the life forms on this planet were made.

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Coolidge-Stolz M.D., Elizabeth, et al. Focus On Life Science. Boston, Mass: Prentice Hall, 2008. Washington State Department of Ecology. American Waterweed- A Common Native Plant. February 24, 2003. November 2013. <http://www.ecy.wa.gov/Programs/wq/plants/native/elodea.html> Young, Paul. The Botany Coloring Book. Cambridge, New York: Harper and Row, 1982.