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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.