Luke W., Ahhad T., Issac A., Mathew S
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Elodea Effect of light on the Rate of Photosynthesis in Elodea Hypothesis: Our hypothesis is the closer to the light or natural light will make the process of photosynthesis faster and increase the amount of bubbles produced in elodea. We had predicted 20 bubbles for natural light, 15 for artificial light , and 10 for dark.
If the elodea is placed in the sun then it will produce more bubbles indicating a higher rate of photosynthesis.
Materials:
1: test tube
2: beaker
3: water ( 250ml water in beaker)
4: area of shade
5: one Elodea sprig
6: Sunlight
7 : Artificial light
8: Darkness/shade
9. iPad
10. Journal
11. Pen
Methods
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We had to refill the beaker which most likely caused the ratio of baking soda to water to be lowered. We then successfully finished the trial. We learned that light and the conicity of water are all contributing factors to how fast photosynthesis is done. This experiment was done but it did not turn out well. The whole class ended up redoing the experiment and the results above are those of the second experiment. When the first trial occurred, no bubbles were produced for anyone. However, for the second trial, it worked but we had less time. This would be useful if someone wanted to buy an elodea a plant and wanted to maximize its health.
Conclusion. Our hypothesis was supported, the closer to the light or the more natural light will make the process of photosynthesis faster and increase the amount of bubbles produced if the elodea is placed outside then it will produce more bubbles indicating a higher rate of photosynthesis. We had some issues in the way but we did it. Again we had a spill because that actually helped because the first water was giving no bubbles but the second helped and got us