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AP Lab 4 Photosynthesis
AP Lab 4 Photosynthesis
AP Lab 4 Photosynthesis
4/29/2010
Period 6
Table 4.2
0.400 = R for Carotene (yellow to yellow orange)
0.575 = R for Xanthophyll (yellow)
0.250 = R for Chlorophyll a (bright green to blue green)
0.125 = R for Chlorophyll b (yellow green to olive green)
Table 4.4
Cuvette 0 5 10 15
2 Unboiled/Dark 68.4 69.5 68.5 68.0
3 Unboiled/Light 59.8 61.1 61.0 60.7
4 Boiled/Light 77.0 78.0 79.3 81.0
5 No Chloroplasts/Light 70.3 71.0 71.5 71.0
Analysis of Results
Graph 4.1
(Uncertainties – ± 0.1 %)
Conclusion: To conclude, the student learned that light and chloroplasts are
required for light reactions to occur. The student discovered that
the boiled chloroplasts are required for light reactions to occur.
The student discovered that the boiled chloroplasts absorbed the
least amount of light as it had the highest percentage of light
transmittance. The cuvettes containing the light exposed unboiled
chloroplasts absorbed the most amount of light as it had the lowest
light transmittance. The chloroplasts kept in the dark and the
cuvette containing no chloroplasts had low absorption rates as
well.
7. What reasons can you give for the difference in the percentage
of transmittance between the live chloroplasts that were incubated
in the light and those that were kept in the dark?