Photosynthesis Lab

The purpose of this experiment was to determine the correlation of light intensity and wavelength on white light, no light, red light and green light color treatments when looking at spinach. The same spinach plant was tested under different light environments (no light, white light, red light and green light). A control cuvette was used to compare the rate of photosynthesis to those of the color transmittance cuvette. Before collecting the data we learned about plants and light absorption. We learned the reason why plants are green is because it emits green color and the other transmitted colors are absorbed by the plant. Using our new information we created a hypothesis for photosynthesis rates in white light versus no light and red light versus green light. In our results we found white light and red light to have the highest rate of photosynthesis present. This information found through our experiment can be used in the coming years to help farmers with the increasing need for food production around the world with fast growing populations.

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This process is not only vital to the plants but also for humans and wildlife, as we are reliant on other sources to gain needed amounts of energy to sustain our way of living. If our bodied could not get the need amounts of energy and carbohydrates our organs and vital functions would not have the ability to complete needed processes for life. The purpose of this lab was to see the different changes light color has no the rate of photosynthesis through light intensity and wavelengths absorbed. For this experiment the dependent variable is the rate of photosynthesis and the independent is wavelength and light