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Question regarding AP Biology lab: effects of light intensity/wavelength on rate of photosynthesis

Answer 1

We are doing a lab on the effects of light intensity/wavelength on the rate of photosynthesis in AP bio and we were asked to visit this website here: http://mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/biolink/j_explorations/ch09expl.htm

The link takes you to a shockwave applet in which you can change the wavelength/intensity and record the ATP production (%). We were supposed to try out as many different combinations of intensity/wavelength and record the respective intensity, wavelength and ATP production (%) in a chart. Now the problem I'm having is that we are to graph this data. How should I go about graphing this? One problem is that for some values in the data, the intensity might be the same with different wavelengths or the wavelength maybe the same with different intensities. Can I do two graphs? One graph? Which one would be best and how should I go about doing so? And here is the chart just in case you want to see the data:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4A27kix-0naMk4wNmNQejd3cGc/edit?usp=sharing

Answer 2

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