Describe an experiment

to investigate the effect

of light on net gas
exchange from a leaf.
How is a leaf adapted
for gas exchange?
What is the role of
the stomata.
Will respiration
continue during the
day and night?
Will the net exchange
of oxygen and carbon
dioxide?
1a
Put a leaf in hydrogen
carbonate indicator and
observe the colour as the light
intensity gets increased and
decreased.
The leaf is thin allowing gas
exchange to happen fast. Also
the stomata allows gases in the
leaf. When the guard cell is
shrunk gases can enter the leaf.
To allow gases in and out
of the leaf so gas exchange
can happen within the leaf
and around the leaf.
Yes
Yes, the net exchange will be
decreased because the rate of
photosynthesis has been
dramatically decreased due to
the intensity of light.
1b