Name of the experiment: Effect Of Color Of Light On Plant And

Photosynthesis.

Aim: To observe the effect of the light on photosynthesis rate Hypothesis: When the blue light is on the photosynthesis rate will
be more greater than observing plant photosynthesis on yellow light.

Background information:
Bright Light Affects Photosynthesis Bright light is a basic element of photosynthesis, but variations in the color of light have an effect on plants. The entire spectrum of light hits the plant's leaves at the same time, but there are some colors that are known to cause higher amounts of photosynthesis than others. Chlorophyll is the cause of each plant's individual coloring and there are four kinds of pigments that create the chlorophyll. They are called Chlorophyll A, Chlorophyll B, Xanthophylls, and Carotene. Some leaves have more of a certain color pigment than they have of others, creating leaves that are bright green, blue-green, yellow-green or even orange or red. This pigmentation makes no difference with photosynthesis. Different Color Light Affects Plants Differently The color that has the highest influence on photosynthesis is blue, which is why many plant growers use blue lights to grow indoor plants. Red light is next best for photosynthesis and yellow light creates the lowest amount of light absorption. When tests are done on photosynthesis rates it is crucial to create an experiment where natural light cannot touch the leaf that is being exposed to differing colors of light. Any light that is not a part of the experiment itself should be carefully screened from the experimentation area. An absolutely dark room is essential and the use of white light as a control for the experiment is needed because white light is also a part of the spectrum of variants and serves for a control element in the experiment.

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Materials:
Gas tube Funnel Beaker (100mL) Elodea Blue light source Yellow light source Aluminum foil Stopwatch

Variables :
1. Dependent: Light color 2. Independent: Number of bubbles and photosynthesis rate

Procedure:
1. Take a beaker and cover it with aluminum foil in a way that only one side will be opened. Thats because that light will be directly effect on the plant. 2. After all fill the gas tube with water and place it in tube but be careful to do not let any gas be left out in the tube. 3. For the last step start to count the bubbles which are going up (or moving) for every 15 minutes and note them down that how many bubbles are produced.

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Data Collection:
Number of bubbles produced under yellow light Time (min) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 Trial
st

2nd Trial

3rd Trial

Average of 1st 2nd and 3rd trials

4 6 20 15 17 16 22 30 25 28 34 45 40 27 6

8 11 24 10 12 7 11 6 8 16 24 19 17 22 7

7 15 40 37 39 26 24 19 5 16 6 19 11 11 12

6 11 28 21 23 16 19 18 13 20 21 28 23 20 8 Sum = 275 Average = 18.3 Rate= 18.3 STDEV= 6.5

Number of bubbles produced under blue light Time (min) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

1st Trial 2nd Trial 3rd Trial Average of 1st 2nd and 3rd trials

8 17 7 20 26 18 29 34 30 2 36 47 32 30 15

15 18 30 14 9 5 12 10 22 30 38 43 40 37 35

14 22 26 14 25 32 34 36 29 35 42 49 46 42 38

12 19 21 16 20 18 25 27 27 22 39 46 39 36 29 Sum = 396 Average = 26.4 Rate= 26.4 STDEV= 9.7

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Note= Average of 1st 2nd and 3rd trials are rolled to the next significant figure as there cannot be observed half or 0.3 bubbles.

Number of oxygen bubbles

Time (min)

Note; Series 1 = Number of oxygen bubbles produced under yellow light Series 2= Number of oxygen bubbles produced under blue light

Conclusion:
As a result we observed that blue light affect the plants photosynthesis rate as a most way than the yellow light and it depends on the observation of light. The yellow is closed the color green and the because of the plants color green elodea reflected the whole light and couldnt supply the enough energy for photosynthesis and plant.

References:
1- Color & Light Effects on Photosynthesis | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/howdoes_5118128_color-light-effects-photosynthesis.html#ixzz1LKDG5dfA

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