Jack Eilers Sci.

4 11/14/13 PHOTOSYNTHESIS SUMMATIVE PROJECT PROBLEM: 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? HYPOTHESIS: If carbon dioxide (by doubling baking soda) is increased, then the rate of photosynthesis will increase by 30%. THEORY:
Photosynthesis is the process where plants use energy from the sun to make their own food. Carbon dioxide and energy travels to the chloroplasts witch makes

a chemical reaction in the chloroplasts. This makes glucose and oxygen, which is used for cellular respiration.
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 7x1=7 0x2=0 0x3=0 7+0+0=7 Medium x 2 Large x 3 Total

.5 gram

4x1=4

8 x 2 =16

6 x 3 = 18

38

Notes: Trial 2 _____grams Oxygen Produced in 3 minutes with .5 g and 1 g baking soda Small x 1 CO2 1 gram Medium x 2 1x2=2 Large x 3 0x3=0 Total 7

5x1=5
10 x 1 = 10

.5 gram

6 x 2 = 12

12 x 3 = 36

28

.5g CLASS PERIOD AVERAGES 1 2 3 4 6 7 TOTAL/5 AVERAGE 108 69 33.7 23.7 26.3 3.8 264.5/6 44.1

1g

% Oxygen Decrease/Increase

139 47 26.5 14.3 36.3 72.8 335.9/6 56.0

22.3 Increase 31.8 Decrease 21.3 Decrease 39.6 Decrease 27.5 Increase 94.7 Increase 21.25 Increase

Rate of Photosynthesis When Doubling Carbon Dioxide

Average of Oxegen in 3 Minutes 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 GROUP 4TH PERIOD 7TH GRADE 7 29 23.7 14.3 0.5 1 44.1 56

CONCLUSION: In this lab my group tested the rate of photosynthesis if you doubled the amount of carbon dioxide. I hypothesized that if you double baking soda photosynthesis will increase by 30%. If you look at the 7th grade average photosynthesis increased by 21.25%. My hypothesis was correct 30% of the time. ANALYSIS: Looking at the 2013 data, there were inconsistencies because of that not all of the data was correct. Im going to list some inconsistencies. Class period 1 had much bigger numbers than the rest of the people than the rest

of the class periods. Another was class period 7.They had a bigger number at 1g most others had lower at 1g. One more inconsistency I found was that 50% of the groups had more oxygen with less carbon dioxide.

I think people making mistakes caused these. However. Something that will make the lab much better will be to make sure that everyone has the procedure so they dont do the wrong things. People also should all have the same bubble scale. 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.

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