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Biology Worksheet 3
Plant Nutrition
(a) A researcher carried out four experiments, A to D, to investigate the effect of light
intensity on the rate of photosynthesis of cucumber plants. The experiments were
carried out at two concentrations of carbon dioxide and at two temperatures.
The results are shown in Fig. 5.1.
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temp CO,
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A 30 0.13 | 50
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D 20 0.03 o 5 40 15 20 25
lah itensiy/ arbitrary units
SaLIVEWORKSHEETS (i) Use the results in Fig. 5.1 to identify the limiting factor for the rate of
photosynthesis at the light intensities given in Table 5.1.
Write your answers in Table (3)
experiment | light intensity / arbitrary units limiting factor
A 20
B 20
c 20
D 5 light intensity
(ii) Define the term limiting factor. (2)
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