Friday, 22 February 2013

2.43 describe experiments to investigate the effect of light on net gas exchange from a leaf, using hydrogen-carbonate indicator

hydrogen-carbonate indicator is an indicator for carbon dioxide: under normal levels (atmospheric) of carbon it is orange; an increase turns it yellow; a decrease turns it purple.
Fill a test tube quarter full with HCIS, attach a leaf to a bung and put in the test tube; observe the indicator colour in different light intensities.

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  1. can you explain why these changes are occuring?

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    1. As light increases, so does photosynthesis (because the reaction requires sunlight to work). Photosynthesis uses up carbon, so the more light, the lower the amount of carbon in the tube.

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    2. does respiration not factor in

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    3. The rate of respiration of a plant is generally constant, therefore does not factor in.

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  4. what does the HCIS in this entry mean?

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  5. what color changes do you observe with the hydrogen carbonate indicator? might be useful to add maybe?

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  6. maybe change the 'under normal levels of carbon' to 'carbon dioxide', seeing as that's what the bitsize page says (and we all know that bitesize is de best)

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    http://igcse-biology-notes.blogspot.hk/2017/06/243-describe-experiments-to-investigate.html

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    1. hydrogen carbonate indicator solution

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  11. Why there is a high amount of carbon dioxide in the leaf in dark

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  12. Hi I am taking my GCSE next year and I am very thankful for this recourse. But just making sure would you know if this is still valid for my GCSE? or should I look elsewhere

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