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1
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What are the specialised features of a leaf

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  • waxy cuticle
  • transparent upper epidermis
  • packed palisade mesophyll
  • lots of chloroplasts
  • airy spongy mesophyll
  • xylem
  • phloem
  • lower epidermis
  • air spaces
  • stomata
  • gurad cells
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What is photosynthesis

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a series of endothermic chemical reactions which occur in plant cells which contain chloroplasts to generate energy

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When is repiration carried out

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all the time - day and night

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What is the word equation for photosynthesis

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carbon dioxide + water -> glucose + oxygen

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what is the chemical equation for photosynthesis

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6 CO2 + 6 H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6 O2

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What are the factors which are required for photosynthesis to occur

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  • light
  • warmth
  • chlorophyll
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what is the waste product of photosynthesis

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oxygen

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How do plants get carbon dioxide

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CO2 diffuses down the concertration gradient from the air in the environment through the stomata into the air spaces in the leaf

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How do plants get water

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Water moves by osmosis down the water potential gradient from the sapces between soil particles into the root hair cell

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Describe the method to test leaves for startch

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  • set up water bath using a beaker, tripod, gauze and bunsen burner
  • use forceps to put leaf in boiling water
  • turn off bunsen
  • fill boiling tube 1/3rd with ethanol
  • place in beaker for 10min
  • remove leaf from ethanol with forceps
  • dip leaf in hot water
  • smooth out leaf onto white tile
  • add iodine solution
  • observe colour change
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Why do we use ethanol when testing leaves for startch

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the ethanol removes the chlorophyll from the leaf so it changes colour with the iodine easier

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why do we boil the leaf when testing it for startch

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to remove the waxy cuticle

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What are the limiting factors

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  • light intensity
  • carbon dioxide concertration
  • temperature
  • chlorophyll levels in leaf
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14
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How is light intensity a limiting factor

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plenty of light = lots of phtotsynthesis
it is a limiting factor until it plateaus

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How is CO2 concertration a limiting factor

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more CO2 = more photosynthesis
- CO2 levels rise at night and get used up in the morning
it is a limiting factor until it plateaus

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Why is the more CO2 at night

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because the plants respire but don’t photosynthesise

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17
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How much of the atmosphere is CO2

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0.04%

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18
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How can CO2 levels be overcome

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Science labs or greenhouses can aartificially increase the levels of CO2

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How is temperature a limiting factor

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hgiher temperature = faster/more photosynthesis
temperture increase generates more kinetic energy

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20
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What can happen to the plant if temperature gets too high

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  • enzymes denature around 40-50 celcius
  • photosynthesis is controlled by enzymes
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How is chlorophyll a limiting factor

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Chlorophyll absorbs the light which develops photosynthesis
If a plant doen’t mave enough minerals (magnesium) it will die because it cannot grow

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22
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What do plants use the glucose from photosynthesis for

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  • respiration
  • converted into insoluable startch
  • produce lipids or oils
  • produce cellulose
  • produce amino acids
23
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why do plants convert glucose to cellulose

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to stengthen the cell wall

24
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why do plants convert glucose to startch

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  • it is insoluable ~ doen’t affect osmosis
  • provides an energy store when it is too dark
  • produce tubers and bulbs to help survive through the winter
25
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why and how do plants use glucose in amino acids

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they combine sugars with nitrate ions
the amino acids built up into proteins to be used as enzymes

26
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why do carnivourous plants convert glucose into amino acids

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so they can make enzymes to digest the insects they trap

27
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why do plants convert glucose into lipids

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to be used as an energy store, make the cell wall stronger or as an energy store in seeds

28
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How do commercial greenhouses control photosynthesis

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  • control temperature
  • control light levels
  • control CO2 levels
29
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What is the system which big commercial greenhouses use called

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hydrophonics

30
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what are the benefits of hydrophonics

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  • bigger yield = more profit
  • clean crops
  • no need to plough or prepare land
  • less staff
  • shorter harvest
31
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what are the disavantages of hydrophonics

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  • higher gas bills
  • higher electricity bill
  • expensive monitoring equipment
32
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How do you test for startch

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  • add a few drops of test solution to spotting tile
  • add iodine solution
  • observe
33
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what is the colour change for successful startch

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orange-brown to blue-black

34
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how do you test for glucose

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  • add test solution to test tube
  • add benedict’s solution
  • place in water bath at 80 for 10min
  • observe
35
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What is the colour change for successul glucose

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blue to green/orange/brick red

36
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how do you test for protein

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  • add test solution to test tube
  • add biuret solution
  • observe
37
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What is the colour change for successful protein

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blue to purple

38
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how do you test for lipids

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  • add test solution to test tube
  • add 2cm^3 water
  • add 3 drops of sudan III and shake gently
  • observe
39
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what is the colour chage for successful lipids

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a red layer forms at the top of the solution

40
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What is the solution for testing startch

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iodine solution

41
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What is the solution for testing glucose

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benedict’s solution - copper sulfate

42
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What is the solution for testing protein

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biuret solution - copper sulfate and sodium hydroxide

43
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What is the solution for testing lipids

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Sudan III

44
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explain what a variegated leaf is

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A leaf which is not just green, it is white as well so contains no chlorophyll in those regions and can’t photosynthesis in white regions

45
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describe the method for testing light intensity

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  • cut pondweek at 45 angle
  • place cut end in funnel
  • put funnel in beaker and fill with water
  • add a spatula of sodium hydrogen carbonate
  • change distance of lamp and how it affects bubble number
46
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hwo do you calculate ligth intensity

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1 / distance^2

47
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what is ligth intensity measured in

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Au

48
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light intensity decreases as the distance between the light source and the plant increases, what is this called

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inverse proportionality

49
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what do plants abosrb from the soil to make protein

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nitrate ions

50
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if it is a sunny day what is most likely to be limiting the rate of photosynthesis

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carbon dioxide concerntration

51
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as a lamp is moved closer to a plant what else increases other than light intensity

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temperature

52
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what other sunstance is used for food storage in plants other than starch

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fat, oils, lipids

53
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why is glucose unsuitable for storage in plants

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it is soluable

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