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water solution was the control to check if the syringe with the CO2 worked or
not. In the graph, the purple line represent the photosynthesis rate that was
experimented with water. The red line represents the photosynthesis rate
that was experimented with the baking soda/soap (carbon dioxide). The
graph and the table show that there were no floating leaves at all within
twenty minutes, but the number of floating leaves in the baking soda/soap
solution started to increase while it was under the light for twenty minutes.
Carbon dioxide increased the rate of photosynthesis. During the
experiment, when we the syringes under the light, the leaves were
photosynthesizing. It used the carbon dioxide (baking soda/soap), water, and
the light energy to photosynthesize. As a result, it produces oxygen and
sugar. The oxygen gas in the chloroplast caused the leaves to float.