Misael Acosta Photosynthesis Lab Report Ms. Rocha AP Biology 4th Period II. Intro/Background 1. In order for oxygen to be present photosynthesis must occur. Photosynthesis takes in light and CO2‚ and through a series of steps produces oxygen. Photosynthesis can be measured by either the disappearance of substrate or the accumulation of product. Examples include the production of O2 or the consumption of CO2. All the oxygen within the leaf disks will be removed before being placed
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Lab Report #1 Photosynthesis Lab Report: The Effects of Varying Concentrations of CO2 on the rate of Photosynthesis in Spinach Leaves Introduction Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct. The purpose of this experiment is to see how different concentrations of carbon
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The purpose of this lab was to investigate whether veins affect photosynthesis rate. It was predicted that having veins would decrease the rate because chloroplast might be less frequent due to the vascular tissue. For this experiment‚ 4 groups were set up: veins and no veins in CO2 solution‚ and veins and no veins in distilled water‚ the distilled water groups served as controls. These 4 groups were placed under a light bulb in order for photosynthesis to occur. No disks experience movement in the
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in a leaf and interpret the chromatogram. Hypothesis If I am to put a chromatography paper into a solvent‚ then it would separate the pigments depending on their Rf value. I think the pigments will separate in this order: Chlorophyll A‚ Chlorophyll B‚ Carotene‚ and Xanthophyll. Introduction Chlorophyll is the molecule that absorbs sunlight and uses its energy to synthesize carbohydrates from CO2 and water. This process is known as photosynthesis and is the basis for sustaining the life processes
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Anthony Bryant Human Biology September 23‚ 2011 Tracing the Scientific Method 1. While the hypothesis is never explicitly stated‚ it is safe to assume that the researchers’ hypothesis is that coffee does in fact‚ prevent the development of high blood sugar. The question used to form this hypothesis was‚ does the ingestion of coffee prevent the development of hyperglycemia in mice? 2. The control group in this study would be the 11 mice that were given the water. They would be considered the
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The starting material for this lab was the dialyzed sample (stored at -20ᵒ C) from the previous lab. The CM sephadex resin (taken in a 50 mL tube) was already made swollen using Buffer C (20 mM HEPES‚ pH 7.9; 1 mM EDTA; 50 mM KCl). The dialyzed sample was thawed to the room temperature and gently poured over the resin. The tube was capped and kept on a rocker at room temperature for 1 hour. The tube was then centrifuged in a HS-4 rotor at 2500 rpm (1200g) for 5 minutes at 4ᵒ C. Supernatant was discarded
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are made when they are needed in the exact amount. An enzyme lowers the activation energy of a reaction so its easier to proceed. Enzymes are specific to which substrates it binds with to the active site.(AS biology‚ 2008). There is a lock and key hypothesis‚ as shown in diagram 1: (http://www.skinnersbiology.co.uk/enzyme.htm) the aim of this practical is to determine the activation energy of hydrolysis of
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Introduction The purpose of this lab is to determine which pigments in a plant support or effect photosynthesis‚ based on starch production‚ which wavelengths of light are involved in photosynthesis‚ and identify plant pigments found in a plant leaf by means of paper chromatography. Life on Earth is dependent entirely on the energy from the Sun‚ not only to keep the planet at a suitable temperature but also to provide the energy required to sustain life. The energy of the Sun‚ in the form of
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BIOLOGY DCN PHOTOSYNTHESIS LAB # 6 Effect of varying coloured filters on the photosynthetic rate of spinach chloroplasts The data below is just representative of what trends and relationships you were supposed to see. Numbers can vary. Absorbance at 620 nm for each treatment DCPIP + chloroplasts t=0 min. 0.93 0.945 0.905 0.915 t=3 min. 0.95 0.731 0.83 0.816 change in A620 -0.02 0.214 0.075 0.099 t=0 min. t=3 min. change in A620 t=0 min. t=3 min. change
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Through this experiment‚ Egeria densa was observed using a microscope. The task was to observe and identify the different types of cell‚ cytoplasmic streaming‚ and plasmolysis of Egeria densa. First‚ the microscope was examined and investigated to master the use of the equipment. A microscope slide grid which was on the slide glass was required to be seen clearly using 4x‚ 10x and 30x. During the latter part of the experiment‚ the Egeria densa was observed using the microscope to understand the
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