Sultan Hashmi Science 2 10/14/13 PHOTOSYNTHESUS SUMMATIVE PROJECT

PROBLEMS: How does doubling the amount of carbon dioxide from .5g of bisodium carbonate dissolved in 100mL of water to 1g. dissolved in 100mL of water affect the rate of photosynthesis in elodea? HYPOTHESUS: If carbon dioxide (by doubling baking soda) is increased, then the rate of photosynthesis will increase. THEORY: Photosynthesis is when chloroplast in the plants leaves absorbs the suns light energy to produce food. Water, sunlight, and Co2 are the mandatory reactants for photosynthesis. Photosynthesis takes place in the plants leaves, where the majority of the plants chloroplast exists. When the plant photosynthesizes, it creates a product called C6H12O6+O2, also known as a sugar called glucose and Oxygen. When Baking soda is added to the test tube, more Co2 will be inside the water. So, the plant will Photosynthesize about 50% more with the baking soda than without it. Procedure:
PROCEDURE FOR CARBON DIOXIDE (BAKING SODA) 1. Measure and cut at an angle elodea 7 to 9 cm. 2. Remove a few leaves from end of stem and slightly crush end of stem. 3. Measure mass in grams and record. 4. Put elodea stem side up in a test tube.

5. Fill test tube with water and baking soda solution (1 gram to 100 mL of water). 6. Put tube in rack and adjust lamp 5 cm from top of test tube. 7. Turn on lamp and wait 1 minute. 8. After 1 minute, begin counting small, medium and large bubbles for 3 minutes. Record data. 9. Repeat with .5 grams and 100mL of water. 10. Repeat for Trial 2 DATA/OBSERVATIONS:
Trial 1 ___grams Oxygen Produced in 3 minutes with .5 g and 1 g baking soda
Small x 1 CO2 1 gram Medium x 2 Large x 3 Total

.5 gram

Notes: Trial 2 _____grams Oxygen Produced in 3 minutes with .5 g and 1 g baking soda
Small x 1 CO2 1 gram .5 gram Medium x 2 Large x 3 Total

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

.5g CLASS PERIOD AVERAGES 1 2 3 4 6 7 TOTAL/5 AVERAGE 1g % Oxygen Decrease/Increase

108 69 33.7 23.7 26.3 3.8 264.5/6 44.1

139 47 26.5 14.3 36.3 72.8 335.9/6 56

ANALYSIS: Looking at the data for the experiment, I spotted many discrepancies. I noticed that period 2 and 4 were the only periods to have counted more bubbles when there was less baking soda. This is about 30%, which shows that period 2 and 4 likely turned the data invalid. I noticed that period one was the only class to have counted the bubbles to be over 100, so I guess that they did not count the bubbles properly. I am guessing they counted small bubbles as a medium size and a medium size as a large. If I took out the invalid experiments, I would get a much more realistic average.

CO2 EFECT ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS

80 RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 .5 g BAKING SODA 1g MY DATA 7TH GRADE AVERAGE

Summary: In this lab, I created and tested an experiment to prove that photosynthesis will increase if I doubled the amount of Baking soda. I hypothesized that when we double the baking soda, the rate of photosynthesis will increase. My group (period 2) was one of the only groups to count more bubbles than the other classes when there was only 0.5g of baking soda. Our data was the second highest amount of bubbles. My hypothesis, if carbon dioxide (by doubling baking soda) is increased, then the rate of photosynthesis will increase. After reviewing the data, I figured out that my hypothesis was correct

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