Photosynthetic Pigments by DYLAN HENSIAK

Purpose: Which has more pigmen a dark colored leave or a light colored leave?

rotten — 2015-01-26 14:54:13 UTC

Title: Photosynthetic Pigments

dhensiak — 2015-01-27 00:22:31 UTC

By: Ruard O. and Dylan H.

Hypothesis: If the light leaf is compared to the dark leaf, then the dark leaf will contain more pigments.

dhensiak — 2015-01-27 00:23:15 UTC

Chromatograph Picture

rotten — 2015-01-29 14:48:31 UTC

Top one is celery, bottom one is broccoli.

dhensiak — 2015-01-29 20:01:00 UTC

Discussion/Result

dhensiak — 2015-01-29 20:02:30 UTC

6. We accept our hypothesis because the dark colored leaf showed more pigments than the light colored leaf. If you look back at the picture you can see that the broccoli (dark leaf) gave up way more pigments that the celery (light leaf), which didn't give up any pigments.

7. In order to get similar Rf values we would pick a leaf from the top of the Celery instead of the bottom. The celery leaf we obtained did not come from the top, so it did not obtain as much light as the leaves from the top of the celery plant.