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BIOENERGETICS
Required Practicals
6: photosynthesis
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What should you be able to describe by the end of the video?
Investigate the effect of
light intensity
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What additional concept should higher tier students explain?
How results are affected by the
inverse square law
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What is the first step in the required practical for investigating photosynthesis?
Take a
boiling tube
Place it
10 cm
from an
LED light source
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Why is an LED light source preferred for this experiment?
It doesn't release much
heat
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What should you do if using a normal light bulb?
Place a
beaker
of water between them
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What does sodium hydrogen carbonate solution release?
Carbon dioxide
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What is the purpose of the pond weed in the experiment?
To produce oxygen through
photosynthesis
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How long should the pond weed acclimatize in the boiling tube?
Five minutes
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What gas is produced by the pond weed?
Oxygen
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What should you do after starting the stopwatch?
Count the number of
bubbles
produced
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How many times should you repeat the bubble count?
Two
more times
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What should you calculate after counting the bubbles?
The
mean
number of bubbles produced
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What distances should you test in the experiment?
10 cm
20 cm
30 cm
40 cm
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What are two main problems with counting bubbles?
Counting can be
inaccurate
and bubble sizes vary
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How can you solve the problems with counting bubbles?
Measure the
volume
of oxygen produced
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What equipment is used to measure the volume of oxygen?
A
measuring cylinder
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What happens to the number of bubbles per minute as distance increases?
It falls by a
factor of four
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What is the relationship between distance and light intensity?
Light intensity falls by a
factor of four
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What is the scientific term for the observed relationship in the experiment?
The
inverse square law
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Why does light intensity affect the rate of photosynthesis?
Less light reduces
oxygen production
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What should higher tier students focus on in this experiment?
Explain results affected by the
inverse square law
Understand the relationship between
light intensity
and photosynthesis
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