Energy in a Cell

Transpiration Lab (40 points).

Lab Report Template.

Name: Heather Herring

Go to the following virtual lab.

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_10/BL_10.html  

Run the experiment on 5 different plants. Please report the data in the following data table.

Note: When the lab first comes up, you will have 4 plants species available. To get a fifth species, please use the reset button which will pull up another group of plants, some of which will be different.

Data Table (20 points; 4 points for filling in the data for each plant completely and correctly

Record the volume of water transpired during the testing interval. For 5 plants, collect data for that plant under each of the four different conditions.

|TRANSPIRATION DATA TABLE |

|Name of Plant |Experimental Conditions |

| |Baseline |Light |Heater |Fan |

| |(no light, heater or | | | |

| |fan) | | | |

|Rubber Plant |4.9 ml |4.3 ml |6.8 ml |8.4 ml |

|Zebra Plant | 4.2 ml | 3.2 ml | 6.1 ml | 7.6 ml |

|Dieffenbachia |4.1 ml | 3.9 ml | 6.0 ml | 7.7 ml |

|Weeping Fig |3.3 ml | 2.5 ml | 4.9 ml | 6.1 ml |

|English Ivy | 1.8 ml | 2.1 ml | 3.2 ml |...