Carbon Cycle
Write the chemical equation for photosynthesis (you already know thisupside down and backwards!!):
6 CO + Energy + 6 HO
CHO + 6 O
Autotrophs need carbon dioxide, light energy, and water to produce glucose.
How will you set up four test tubes to provide evidence of how carbon is cycled?
Nothing
inside
this test
tube.
(Control)
Bromothmyl Blue
Elodea
Aquatic Snails
Flasks
Test Tubes
Tap Water
Water Treatment
Lamp/Light
Hypothesis: Predict what will happen in each test tube by shading the color you think the bromothymol blue in the
tubes will be in 24 hours. Include which independent variables will be applied in each tube by using text or illustration.
Then explain why you think the test tube will be the color you think. Finally, use color to shade in the tube.
If then.
Because:
Test Tube 1
There would be no CO in the test tube so the solution will be basic.
Color: blue
Test Tube 2
The elodea will use all of the CO while going through photosynthesis and the solution will be more basic.
Color: blue
Test Tube 3
The snail will create more CO during the process of cellular respiration which will cause the tube to change color.
Color:
yellow
Test Tube 4
The snail will produce CO and the elodea will use the CO to produce oxygen which the snail will use. The cycle
will continue which would cause no color change.
Title:
Color Before
Hypothesized Color
Color After
Test Tube 1
Contents: BTB (Control)
Blue
Blue
Turquoise
Blue
Blue
Blue
Blue
Yellow
Lime-Green
Blue
Blue Green
Turquoise
Test Tube 2
Contents: BTB, Elodea
Test Tube 3
Contents: BTB, Aquatic
Snails
Test Tube 4
Contents: BTB, Elodea,
Aquatic Snails
Conclusion:
The hypothesis for test tubes 2, 3, and 4 turned out correct. In test tube 1, the data showed that the test tube
turned a turquoise because some CO got into the test tube causing the bromethyml blue to turn more yellow. In test
tube 2, the test tube turned a darker blue because the elodea performed photosynthesis and took in more CO out of
the solution, causing it to turn blue. In test tube 3, the snails performed cellular respiration and released CO causing the
solution to turn a lime green color. In test tube 4, the elodea performed photosynthesis and released oxygen for the
snails to perform cellular respiration and release carbon dioxide. This caused the colors to stay at a neutral color
between blue and yellow: green. Carbon is cycled through photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Test tube 4 showed
an example of the carbon cycle because the elodea used carbon dioxide to produce oxygen for the snails to use the
oxygen to produce carbon dioxide. The cycle was not shown in test tubes 2 and 3 because the cycle only occurred
halfway. The elodea only produced oxygen and the snails only produced carbon dioxide.
Photosynthesis Lab.docx