Betsy Tietze 11/18/13 2 Science SUMMATIVE PHOTOSYNTHESIS LAB 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 the amount of carbon dioxide is increased using the steps from the problem above, the amount of photosynthesis will increase for 50% of the time. THEORY: Photosynthesis is the process when a plant absorbs the suns energy and then turns it into sugar for it to survive. What is needed is the carbon dioxide and water. The process takes place in the leaves. Sugars and stuff that the plant needs to survive is what gets produced in the procedure of photosynthesis. Why photosynthesis happens is so that the plant has the products that they need to make cellular respiration happen. The reason why I know that the amount of bubbles will increase is because plants use carbon dioxide to go through photosynthesis and cellular respiration, and then they give out oxygen. So, if the amount of carbon dioxide increases by 50% then the amount of oxygen will increase by 50% instead of decreasing by 50%. In the test tube with 1g of baking soda (carbon dioxide), and in the test tube with less baking soda (carbon dioxide) .5g of carbon dioxide will have less bubbles than the test tube with 1g of carbon dioxide but still more than the test tube with no baking soda. The test tube with .5g of baking soda will have1/2 as much of an increase in bubbles than the test tube that has 1g of baking soda. In the end the test tube with 1g will have the largest increase in bubbles. PROCEDURE 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 with blue light 5 cm from top of test tube. 7. Turn on lamp and wait 1 minute.

Betsy Tietze 11/18/13 2 Science 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 Small x 1 CO2 1 gram 5x1 Oxygen Produced in 3 minutes with .5g and 1g baking soda Medium x 2 2x2 Large x 3 0x3 Total 9

.5 gram Notes:

46 x 1

5x2

0x3

56

Trial 2 _____grams Small x 1 CO2 1 gram .5 gram 1x1 4x1

Oxygen Produced in 3 minutes at 5 and 10 cm Medium x 2 5x2 27 x 2 Large x 3 25 x 3 8x3 Total 82 86

AVERAGES
.5g Trial 1 Trial 2 Total/2 Average 82 56 138/2 59 1g 86 9 95/2 47.5

Betsy Tietze 11/18/13 2 Science 2013 AVERAGE DATA IN 3 MINUTES FROM 5 DIFFERENT CLASSES Baking Soda
.5g CLASS PERIOD AVERAGES 1 2 3 4 6 7 TOTAL/6 AVERAGE 1g % Oxygen Decrease/Increase

108 69 33.7 23.7 26.3 3.8 264.5/6 44.1

139 47 26.5 14.3 36.3 72.8 335.9/6 56

22% Increase 31% Decrease 21% Decrease 39% Decrease 28% Increase 95% Increase 21% Increase 21% Increase

CONCLUSION: In this lab my group investigated if adding baking soda (carbon dioxide) to a test tube with elodea in it would effect the amount of photosynthesis that would be happening. I hypothesized that the amount would increase by 50%. In total the average of all the class averages is increase. Although I hypothesized 50%, I was still partially correct about the increase thing. Out of all 7 pairs the ratio was 4:3 making there be more increases than decreases. ANALYSIS: One thing that I noticed while looking at the data was that there were many discrepencies in the information. I noticed in the baking soda table there was the same amount of increases as decreases yet the total and the average were both increases. Another thing that I noticed is that both the total and the average ended up to have a 21% increase. That either means that there was a control problem or that it was just how it was supposed to turnout. I hypothesized that 50% of the time the rate of photosynthesis would have an increase. My hypothesis was correct. BIBLIOGRAPHY 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. <http://www.ecy.wa.gov/Programs/wq/plants/native/elodea.html>

Betsy Tietze 11/18/13 2 Science Young, Paul. The Botany Coloring Book. Cambridge, New York: Harper and Row, 1982. Parsons, W. T. and Cuthbertson, E. G. (2001) Noxious Weeds of Australia. 2nd Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. pp. 6163. Sainty, G. R. Jacobs, S. W. L. (2003) Waterplants in Australia. 4th edition. Sainty and Associates, Potts Point. pp. 8485.