Experiment 12.4 Is carbon dioxide needed for photosynthesis?

Take a de-starched plant.

Enclose in a plastic bag with a chemical that absorbs carbon dioxide.
(Soda-lime absorbs carbon dioxide.)
Leave the plant in sunlight for a few hours.
Test a leaf for starch.

● Does the leaf contain starch? Why not?

- The parts without chlorophyll do not photosynthesize, and so
they do not make starch and the iodine does not change

color.
● Has the plant carried out photosynthesis?
- No.

● What would be your control plant?

A control plant should have everything it needs for photosynthesis including carbon dioxide.
- No fertilizer.

Arwa Sadeq - 9M - Biology - Ms Sherine - 20/04/2021