Lesson: Photosynthesis Experiment Date:

Prediction

1. Which leaf sample do you think will have starch in it?(1)

2. Explain why you think this. (2)

Results

Table 1: Color of leaf subjected to light and dark treatment after iodine was added
Leaf Sample Color of leaf after iodine Was starch present?
was added
Kept in the light

Kept in the dark for 48h

Discussion
3. What substance goes blue–black when iodine is added to it? _______________________
4. Why is this substance found in leaves?

5. Is light needed for photosynthesis?

6. How does your investigation support or disprove this?

7. The plant that was in the dark had been grown in light beforehand. What does this tell you
about what happens to starch when it is dark?

Evaluation

8. If you could do this experiment again, how would you change what you did?

9. Explain why these changes would make the experiment better.

Conclusion (Tick the best conclusion for your experiment.)

⃝ Starch is made in leaves that are photosynthesising. It is removed in leaves that are in the dark.
⃝ Starch is made in leaves that are photosynthesising. It is removed in leaves that are in the light.
⃝ Starch is made in leaves that are photosynthesising. It is removed from the leaves but this experiment does
not tell us if it only happens in the dark.
⃝ Starch is only made in leaves that are not photosynthesising.