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FactorsThatAffectPhotosynthesis

Howdoyouthinkchangingvariousfactorswouldaffecttherateofphotosynthesis?Asatable
youwillresearchhowlightintensity,coloroflight,temperatureandcarbondioxideaffectthe
rateofphotosynthesis.Asshowninthechemicalequationbelow,oneoftheproductsof
photosynthesisisoxygen.Therefore,wecanmeasuretherateofphotosynthesisbymeasuring
theamountofoxygenproducedperminute.

Forthislab,youwilldesignanexperimentandthenperformusinganonlinephotosynthesis
simulation.Inthesimulation,whenyouseeoxygenbubblesbeingproduced,youknow
photosynthesisisoccurring.Bycountingthenumberofbubblesproducedinaminute,youcan
determinetherateofphotosynthesis(
rate=bubbles/min).

Whendesigningyourexperiment,makesuretotestmorethantwodifferentconditionsandhave
multipletrialsinordertomakeaconclusion.Forinstanceifyouaretestingtemperature,you
wanttotestatleastthreedifferenttemperatures(hot,warm,cold),andyouwouldwanttohave
multipletrialsateachtemperature.

Factoryouaretesting:

Giveabriefdescriptionofhowyouwillperformthisexperiment.

Whatareyourcontrolsinthisexperiment?

IndependentVariable:

DependentVariable:


Hypothesis:

DataTable:

Results
Whatconclusionscanyoumakefromthisexperiment?
IcanconcludethatIknowthis
because.(citespecificdatayougathered)

Asagroupdiscusswhateachofyouhavediscoveredfromyourindividualexperiments.After
eachpersoninyourgrouphassharedtheirresults,answerthefollowingquestions.

1. Basedonthesimulationexperiments,whatfactorscanaffecttherateofphotosynthesis
inaplant?Howdoyouknow?

2. Givenyourresults,describethetreatmentthatyouthinkwouldresultinthehighestrate
ofphotosynthesis.Explainwhy.

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