The photosynthetic rates of Camomba Caroliniana, were effected by the color of light it was exposed to during the experiment. As seen in Table 1, Camomba Caroliniana that was exposed to green light had an average photosynthetic rate of 0.13 mL O2 produced/g/hour, which was lower than the photosynthetic rate of Camomba Caroliniana that was exposed to white light (0.19 mL O2 produced/g/hour). The data from table 1 can also be used to determined the reliability of the experiment, the standard errors for green and white light are relatively small, 0.02 and 0.01, respectively. This means that there is less variation in the experiment, but the experiment involving white light is slightly more reliable because its standard error is smaller. The 95%
Have you ever really wondered how different variables can affect how plants go through photosynthesis? Well, in this experiment, the purpose was to see how various environmental conditions can affect the overall photosynthetic capacity of a specific plant. The factors, light, darkness, cold, and heat were applied to see how the different components would affect the photosynthesis on spinach plants. Each group was given a different factor to test. Out group was given the light factor. The hypothesis for this experiment is that when adding light as a factor, the light will affect the overall plant photosynthesis.
The ravg for the experimental group was 0.1613 and the ravg for the control group was 0.2047. The results indicated that our predictions were correct; duckweed that received less light exhibited a lower rate of
Introduction: Photosynthesis can be defined as a solar powered process that removes atmospheric carbon dioxide and transforms it into oxygen and carbohydrates (Harris-Haller 2014). Photosynthesis can be considered to be the most important biochemical process on Earth because it helps plants to grow its roots, leaves, and fruits, and plants serve as autotrophs which are crucial to the food chain on earth. Several factors determine the process of photosynthesis. Light is one these factors and is the main subject of this experiment. The intensity of light is a property of light that is important for photosynthesis to occur. Brighter light causes more light to touch the surface of the plant which increases the rate of photosynthesis (Speer 1997). This is why there is a tendency of higher rates of photosynthesis in climates with a lot of sunlight than areas that primarily do not get as much sunlight. Light wavelength is also a property of
The purpose of this lab is to observe the effect of white, green, and dark light on a photosynthetic plant using a volumeter and followed by the calculation of the net oxygen production using different wavelengths color of white and green light, and also the calculation of oxygen consumption under a dark environment, and finally the calculation of the gross oxygen production.
The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effects of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis in a Moneywort plant. By observing the plant in distilled water mixed with sodium bicarbonate, different light bulbs were targeted onto the plant. The measurement of the amount of bubbles present on the plant during the trial of the experiment enabled us to identify the comparisons between the activity of the light and the process of photosynthesis.
The rate of photosynthesis is affected by environmental factors like light intensity, light wavelength, and temperature. This experiment will test the
Predominant life fuel resource changed during the body development. ATP is mainly sourced from glucose at fetal phase, then gradually shift to fatty acid metabolism after birth. Studies proved that individuals born with a low birth weight (LBW) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adult life, which glucose transport and related metabolism involved. In this paper, author use the lamb as the IUGR model, tried to find out the effect of changes in the intrauterine environment that result in LBW on key regulatory proteins involved in cardiac glucose metabolism, glucose transport and fatty acid metabolism.
For this lab 6 male Acheta domesticus were isolated in plastic containers, each was placed in a container that was 5 cm height and had 5.5 cm radius. Each of these containers was punctured with 10-15 minuscule holes for breathing on the lid and 5-8 holes on the sides. Inside of each container a damp paper towel was placed on the bottom and 2 pieces of food were placed on the paper towel. The Acheta domesticus were kept isolated in their personal containers for 7 days. At the end of these 7 days we split the 6 A. domesticus into 3 groups of 2. One of the two was marked with a paint pen, this marked male was the “intruder”. The remaining food was removed from the containers. The “intruder” is then placed into the container that holds the other
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterium pathogen that needs a host in order to survive, which are usually humans (Donkor, 2013). The bacteria is the cause of diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis, and corneal ulcers. Some of the diseases S. pneumoniae causes are extremely harmful to humans and can even cause death in some cases (Mathos, Ferri, Figueiredo, Zangirolami, & Gonçalves, 2015). Humans, who already have a S. pneumoniae disease or have the bacteria simply in the upper part of the pharynx, transfers the bacteria through air particles, known as aerosols (Donkor, 2013; Lawrence, S. L. et al., 2015). In well populated areas or places, like schools, colleges, workplaces, S. pneumoniae is able to infect many humans
A bar graph representing how much photosynthesis three separate Elodea plants were able to perform under three different light treatments, normal, red and green light. The light treatments enhanced certain wavelengths of light which, due to the absorption spectrum of chlorophylls a and b and carotenoid pigments, altered the amount of photosynthesis a plant was able to perform in a certain amount of time. Each Elodea plant was subjected to a different light treatment, one to normal light, another to red and the third to green light while in a test tube of water for a total of two hours. Photosynthetic processes were observed by means of water displacement in the pipette attached to the test tube and were measured in millilitres. The mass of
According to a study, an experiment was done over the course of six years on the growth, needle, carbon, and nitrogen, chlorophyll, and
Notice how the averages for the red and blue lights are equivalent; this should not have happened. The red color light should have had a larger average than the blue light because it is further away from the color green on the visible light spectrum, meaning that the rate of photosynthesis and the absorbance of chlorophyll should have been higher than the blue light. The level of oxygen production that was observed during this step (step two) was dependent on the wavelength of the light reaching the plants as the colors that have a wavelength closest to green will reflect more (less energy stored) and the colors that have a wavelength furthest from the green light will absorb more light (more energy stored). The cause of this error is unknown but may have been due to inconsistent counting. Generally, the results should have shown that the average of the white light at 25 cm should have been significantly higher than any of the averages of the color lights, but this was not the case.
However, the photosynthetic process can be affected by different environmental factors. In the following experiment, we tested the effects that the light intensity, light wavelength and pigment had on photosynthesis. The action spectrum of photosynthesis shows which wavelength of light is the most effective using only one line. The absorption spectrum plots how much light is absorbed at different wavelengths by one or more different pigment types. Organisms have different optimal functional ranges, so it is for our benefit to discover the conditions that this process works best. If the environmental conditions of light intensity, light wavelength and pigment type are changed, then the rate of photosynthesis will increase with average light intensity and under the wavelengths of white light which will correspond to the absorption spectrum of the pigments. The null hypothesis to this would be; if the environmental conditions light intensity, light wavelength and pigment type are changed, then the rate of photosynthesis will decrease with average light intensity and under the white light which will correspond to the absorption spectrum of the pigments.
Because chlorophyll-a takes in violet-blue, and orange-red lights to use in photosynthesis, it reflects green, and that is the color we see. This study investigates the relationship between the wavelength of light and the total respiration of the plant Elodea. The purpose is to see the effect of the presence or absence of certain wavelengths can have on the process of photosynthesis. Because Elodea is a plant that reflects green light, it can be assumed that red lights, the complimentary color to green will be absorbed the most contributing to the process of photosynthesis and respiration making the most oxygen.
Plant- Different species plants have different photosynthetic rates due to the different leaf structures of the plants. Even plants of the same species may have slightly different rates of photosynthesis since there may be more or less chlorophyll in the leaves to absorb light. The size of the plant is also important since this would affect the amount of surface area for gas exchange.