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Photosynthesis Experiment
9th A
2018
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis
Major Goal:
Goal:
● To show ecological relations in practice as for example the
photosynthesis.
● To show how plants “produce” oxygen to other living beings.
Specific Goals:
Goals:
● To set up an experiment that will allow us to observe the
photosynthesis stages;
● To observe the experiment in details (as when, how long, and
activity hours);
● To register all stages of the experiment;
● To exhibit the experiment to other students and possible
visitors.
Methodology:
Methodology
To set up the experiment, first we fill the bowl with water.
Then, we put a fresh leaf on the water surface, being it
semi-submerged. After that, we leave the bowl in a place with
sunlight, and wait. About one hour later, the bubbles should
appear.
What You Need:
Need:
● a bowl of water
● plant, a flower or a leaf. Pick it from a living plant, not
one that has fallen onto the ground.
● sunlight
Steps:
Steps:
1. Submerge the plant into a bowl of water. The flower or
leaf may float to the top, but try to make at least part of
the plant stay underwater.
2. Put the bowl under the sunlight and wait. (You can also
leave it in the dark but it may take longer to see results.)
3. After an hour, observe the plant’s surface. There should
be some air bubbles formed on the pedals or the leaf.
Expectations:
Expectations:
On the other hand, photosynthesis is the process where light
energy is converted into chemical energy stored in glucose that
can later be used in respiration. During respiration, plants
consume nutrients to keep plant cells alive while during
photosynthesis, plants create their own food.
● Photosynthesis:
Plants respire all the time, day and night. But photosynthesis
only occurs during the day when there is sunlight.
Depending on the amount of sunlight, plants can give out or take
in oxygen and carbon dioxide as follows.
In this experiment, we can see how gases produced during
photosynthesis and respiration are released into the environment.
Why:
Why:
Oxygen and carbon dioxide pass in and out of the stomata in the
plants through diffusion.
When the plant is submerged in the water, bubbles of oxygen or
carbon dioxide released are trapped and they stick on the leaves
or petals temporarily.
Since these gases are lighter than water, if you shake the plant,
the bubbles will quickly rise to the surface and burst.
Conclusions
Conclusions
Besides of what most people think, plants do breath. They
breath and make photosynthesis. Their breathing is just like ours:
they consumpt O2 and release CO2. Our experiment, however,
prove photosynthesis, not breathing. The bubbles formed on the
plant’s surface are oxygen, not carbon dioxide.