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BENDEMEER SECONDARY SCHOOL Secondary 1: Photosynthesis [1] Name: _______________________________ ( Learning Objectives 1) To trace the primary food source in a food chain to the green plant Food chain
is a series of organisms through which energy is being transferred in the form of food

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Autotroph (

) o use light energy from the Sun to produce food ) o get energy from the foods they eat

Heterotroph (

Insectivorous plants traps insect and feed on them Consumers

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Learning Objectives 2) To outline the process of photosynthesis by which plants manufacture food

A. Photosynthesis Photo = light Synthesis = putting together

Process by which food is made in plants, from carbon dioxide and water.

Only occurs in the presence of light and chlorophyll.

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Experiments To Demonstrate Photosynthesis

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Test for starch

Put leaf in boiling water. Soak leaf in warmed alcohol, then rinse in hot water. Add a few drops of iodine solution to leaf. If leaf turns blue-black starch present If leaf remains brown starch absent

Kill leaf Decolourise and soften leaf Test with iodine solution

2) Test for oxygen production during photosynthesis

Set-up A

Set-up B

1. Set up 2 sets of apparatus, making sure water has good supply of dissolved carbon dioxide 2. Expose 1 set-up to bright sunlight (Set-up A) and keep the other in the dark (Set-up B)

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3. After about 3 hours, some water in the test-tube of Set-up A would be displaced by colourless gas. While the water in the test-tube of Set-up B remains unchanged. 4. A glowing splint inserted into the colourless gas should relight, indicating oxygen gas.

3) To show that carbon dioxide is necessary for photosynthesis

1. Keep 2 similar potted plants in the dark for 2-3 days to destarch leaves. 2. Place each plant under separate bell jars. o one jar with carbon dioxide removed (through use of soda lime and sodium hydroxide solution). o other jar with cotton wool and water replacing soda lime and sodium hydroxide solution respectively. 3. Keep both sets in bright sunlight for 5-6 hours. 4. When one leaf from each plant is tested, o only the leaf from the environment with carbon dioxide will turn blue-black with iodine solution

4) To show that chlorophyll is necessary for photosynthesis

Date: 1. Expose a plant with variegated leaves to sunlight for 5-6 hours. 2. When leaf is tested for starch, only those parts which are green will be stained blue-

black with iodine solution.

5) To show that light is necessary for photosynthesis

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Keep a plant in the dark for 2-3 days to destarch it. Test a leaf to make sure no starch is present. Cover part of the leaf with a piece of dark paper. Put the whole plant in bright sunlight for 5-6 hours. Test the leaf that is covered for starch. o the part of the leaf covered by the dark paper should not be stained o while the rest of the leaf should be stained blue-black