BIOS 135 ENTIRE COURSE

BIOS 135 Week 1 iLab

BIOS 135 Week 3 iLab Crude Oil Distillation
BIOS 135 Week 4 iLab Microscope Lab Worksheet
BIOS 135 Week 5 iLab
Introduction:
The purpose of this lab is to demonstrate how photosynthetic rates in different plants can change in
response to factors, such as light intensity, light quality, CO2 concentration, and temperature;
Simulate measurements of CO2 assimilation rates in leaves and compare photosynthesis in C3 and
C4 plants.
Procedure:
Since the majority of the lab relay on adjusting variable and recording data for analysis, I divided this
lab into four categories and followed the procedure as follow.
To examine light intensity, Set gas flow to a medium value and Leave temperature, carbon dioxide
concentration, and the light filter at their default values.
To examine the influence of light quality, Chose corn and set the CO 2 level to the default value, gas
flow to high, and temperature to 25C. Set the light filter to white and measure photosynthesis for light
values of 0, 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1400,1600, 1800, and 2000 mol/m 2/s.
To examine the effect of CO2, Set up an experiment with tomato and set light intensity to 1000
mol/m2/s. Leave temperature at its default value of 25C, set gas flow to medium, and use the white
light filter. Begin with a CO2 concentration of 0 ppm and continue this experiment by increasing
CO2 concentration to 100, 200, 300, and so on, until you reach 1000 ppm. Record CO 2 output after
each change in CO2 concentration.
To examine the effect of Temperature, Chose tomato and set the CO 2 level to the default value of
350 ppm, gas flow to medium, and the light filter to white. Set temperature to 15C and measure
photosynthesis for light values beginning at 0 mol/m 2/s and increasing by 200 mol/m2/s until you
reach maximum light intensity of 2000 mol/m 2/s. Repeat this experiment for temperature values of
20C, 25C, and 30C.
BIOS 135 Week 6 iLab
BIOS 135 Week 7 iLab