Assignment

1.A scientist investigated the effect of temperature on the rate of photosynthesis in one species of

plant. Photosynthesis involves enzyme-controlled reactions.Discs were cut from a leaf and kept at
different temperatures.The total surface area of the discs was kept the same for each temperature.

The volume of oxygen that was produced by the leaf discs was measured and used to estimate

the rate of photosynthesis.

The results are shown in Fig. 1.1.

(a) Identify the optimum temperature for photosynthesis in Fig. 1.1.

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(b) Explain the results shown in Fig. 1.1.

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(c) Carbon dioxide was supplied in excess at each temperature during the investigation.

Explain why.

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(d) Suggest why not all of the oxygen produced by the leaf is released.

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(e) Describe the role of chlorophyll in photosynthesis.

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2 Transpiration is the loss of water vapour from the leaves of a plant.

(a) Complete the sentence describing transpiration.

Water evaporates from the surfaces of the ............................................... cells into the air

spaces and then ............................................... out of the leaves, through the stomata, as

water vapour.

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(b) Explain how water moves upwards in the xylem.

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(c) A student investigated the effect of wind speed on the rate of transpiration in a small

Pachira aquatica tree.

They measured the rate of transpiration when the plant was placed in different wind speeds

in both the light and the dark. The tree was given an adequate supply of water.

The results of this investigation are shown in Fig. 2.1.

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(ii) The investigation was repeated in the light with the same species of tree in an

environment where the humidity was higher.

Draw a line on Fig. 2.1 to predict the results in the light with increased humidity. [1]

(iii) The investigation described in 2(c) was repeated (different wind speeds in both the light
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However, the tree was not given an adequate supply of water during the investigation.

Predict the result and explain your prediction.

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