Chlorophyll

abundance as well as toxicity. Based on previous labs, we have found Ada Hayden Lake to be mesotrophic-eutrophic; this supported our prediction. According to Table 2 in the appendices, the amount of D.O. decreased resulting in a lot of change. Our chlorophyll a content was 18.26 ug/L (table 1 in the appendices). Furthermore, the abundance of phytoplankton sampled from Ada Hayden supports our prediction (Table 3 and Figure 3, in appendices). We found more cyanobacteria and green algae which are…

when broccoli was cooked in water and baking soda, this cooking treatment caused the broccoli to become the brightest green. Chlorophyll has a chlorophyllase enzyme called chlorophyllide. This enzyme is water soluble and dissolves in cooking liquid which is why the cooking liquid of almostall the broccoli had a some sort of green tint. When you cook foods with a chlorophyll pigment, Mg and phytyl groups are lost resulting in a dull, drab olive color, (Larson) more than half of the broccoli…

In the United States to the southeast inhabits an alien species destroying and deadly to the environment. This invasive species is known as the kudzu plant and according to the U.S Fish and Wildlife service there are approximately 50,000 invasive species in the U.S, some causing more damage than others. Invasive species are species that come in contact with an area that they are not native too and can drive out animals. Some invasive species have even caused extinctions of native animals and…

Cyanobacteria, one of the photosynthetic bacteria, consist of chlorophyll, whereas the other forms of photosynthetic bacteria consist of bacteriochlorophyll. Although bacteriochlorophyll is similar to chlorophyll, it absorbs light of a broad wavelength than chlorophyll. In addition, because bacteria that contain bacteriochlorophyll do not use water as the electron donor, they do not produce oxygen. Bacteria such as…

look at parsley you'll notice that it has a thin petiole and pointy leaves, while cilantro has a thicker petiole and curved leaves. Those plants vary in color too. Cilantro isn't as green as parsley due to the chlorophyll, a pigment in a plant cells helps in photosynthesis. The more chlorophyll a plant has the…

1a. The results from Figure 1 illustrate that the control treatment of the Tomato plant, has a maximum quantum yield of Photosystem II than chilled plants. It appears that over time, the average Fv/Fm seems to be constant with no drastic changes in the levels, with values staying between the ranges of 0.7 to 0.8 Fv/Fm. On the other hand, the chilled treatment of Tomato plants begins at 0.2257 Fv/Fm at time = 0 minutes, and the last plant has a Fv/Fm value of 0.6526 when time is at 150 minutes.…

lands soil, which is a form of inhaling and exhaling water vapor so it rains forming a cycle. This cycle regulates the ocean chemistry by taking carbon out of the atmosphere. The ocean has chlorophyll concentrations and this is where organisms live. In areas where there is a cold water current the chlorophyll concentration is higher which stimulates phytoplankton. Cooler temperatures well up the water from way deep in the ocean carrying nutrients that built up over time. Whereas, in Polar…

reagents include EDTA, DMG (dimethylglyoxime), α–nitroso–β–naphthol, cupron . Coordination compounds in biological systems and biochemistry Coordination compounds in biological systems are of great importance. Examples include : • Vitamin B12 • Chlorophyll • Haemoglobin •…

energy in which the chlorophyll in the chloroplast harnesses. Water is taken in by the xylem tissues in the roots. The water molecules are split and oxygen is released into the air. The same oxygen we are using to breathe currently. The other product of the water splitting is the hydrogen ions. The light is there to power the transport of the hydrogen molecules through each Photosystem with the electron transport chain. Each photosystem is made up of proteins with chlorophyll on the inside. The…

Cellular respiration is a process that takes place in the mitochondria where a chain of metabolic reactions occur in order to generate chemical energy from nutrients such as carbohydrates. The key reactants of this process include oxygen and glucose which yield carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis is the process where light energy is converted into chemical energy. The key reactants in photosynthesis are water, light and carbon dioxide which yield glucose and oxygen. In this lab, several…