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CO2's Role in Photosynthesis Experiment

The document outlines two experiments demonstrating the necessity of CO2 and sunlight for photosynthesis. The first experiment shows that a plant exposed to potassium hydroxide (which absorbs CO2) does not produce starch, indicating CO2 is essential. The second experiment reveals that a leaf covered with black paper does not produce carbohydrates when sunlight is blocked, proving that sunlight is also necessary for photosynthesis.

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CO2's Role in Photosynthesis Experiment

The document outlines two experiments demonstrating the necessity of CO2 and sunlight for photosynthesis. The first experiment shows that a plant exposed to potassium hydroxide (which absorbs CO2) does not produce starch, indicating CO2 is essential. The second experiment reveals that a leaf covered with black paper does not produce carbohydrates when sunlight is blocked, proving that sunlight is also necessary for photosynthesis.

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Design an experiment to show that CO2 is necessary for photosynthesis:

Aim: To show that CO2 is necessary for photosynthesis.

Materials required: 2 potted plants, bell jars, Vaseline, KOH (potassium


hydroxide), beaker, boiling tube, forceps, Petri dish / watch glass, Alcohol,
burner/hot plate, Iodine solution.

Procedure: Take two potted plants of the same size and keep them in a dark
room for three days so that all the starch is used up. Then keep the plants on
separate glass plates. Keep a watch glass containing some potassium hydroxide
near one plant to absorb carbon dioxide. Cover both the plants with bell jars and
seal the bottom of the jars with Vaseline to make it air tight. Keep the plants in
sunlight for three hours. Then take a leaf from each plant and test for starch.

Observation and conclusion: The leaf of the plant kept in the jar containing
potassium hydroxide does not show the presence of starch. This shows that
carbon dioxide is necessary for photosynthesis.

Design an experiment to show that sunlight is necessary for photosynthesis:

Aim: To show that sunlight is necessary for photosynthesis.

Material Required: A potted plant with green leaves, Black paper, Alcohol,
Iodine solution, and clips, (the plant should keep in dark for a long time before
experiment).

Procedure: Cover both side of a leaf with black paper and clip so that Sunlight
cannot reach inside. Then let the pot with the plant be kept in Sunlight. After one
hour tear the leaf and boil in alcohol so that the leaf becomes chlorophyll free.
Now let the leaf be immersed in iodine solution.
Observation: On taking out from the iodine solution it will be seen that all the
area except the covered area became blue (deep violet or black).

Conclusion: Carbohydrate react with iodine solution turns to blue (deep violet or
black). Sunlight did not reach the area covered with black paper photosynthesis did
not occur there, that is carbohydrate did not produce. As carbohydrate did not
produce there the area did not turn blue (deep violet or black). Thus it is proved that
Sunlight is essential for photosynthesis so to say for manufacture of carbohydrate.

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