Activity 9: ANALYZE MY SITUATION (Scaffold 3 for Transfer)
Directions: Read and analyze the text below. Identify the steps of the scientific method found in
the situation.
How does sunlight affect the growth of plant?
Plants need sunlight. Houseplants lean towards the Sun, and if they do not get enough light
they will wither and die. Plants use sunlight to make their food. This process is called
“photosynthesis” Photosynthesis is a Greek scientific word which means “putting things together
using light.” Light causes air and water to make new chemical. These chemicals will serve as
food for the plants.
In most plants, photosynthesis takes place mainly in the leaves. Like other living things, plants
are made up of tiny cells. The cells in a plant’s leaves contain even smaller, disc-shaped parts
called chloroplasts. Chloroplasts contain chemical called chlorophyll, which is bright green.
Chlorophyll gives plants their green color and makes photosynthesis work. For photosynthesis
to work, the chloroplasts need to collect three ingredients: sunlight, air, and water. Sunlight
shines on the leaf through tiny holes in the leaf’s surface, called stomata. Water is sucked from
the ground by the plant’s roots. It travels through tubes in the stem or trunk to the leaves. When
all three ingredients are present inside the chloroplasts, a chemical reaction takes place. The
reaction takes place between a gas in air called carbon dioxide and hydrogen, a part of water.
Sunlight causes these two to combine and make new chemicals called carbohydrates
1. Without the use of sunlight carbohydrates cannot be formed, thus, the reaction would not
be complete and there would be no food for the plant.
2. With the absence of one main ingredient (sunlight) photosynthesis cannot take place.
There would be no sunlight that will shines on the leaf, there would be no more inside the
chloroplasts to be soaked up.
3. With the absence of sunlight plants cannot grow healthy
4. Without the enough sunlight plants might wither and die. Carbohydrates are plant food.
Plants use these chemicals to live and grow.
We are going to have two different set-ups. Plant A would be place inside a box, with the
absence of sunlight. Plant B would be place outside the house with sufficient amount of sunlight.
After a week we observed the effect of sunlight the growth and development of the plants. Plant
A, which is place inside the box wither and die. Due to the absence of the sunlight
Photosynthesis never takes place. Because as photosynthesis means, "putting things together
using light," meaning without the use of sunlight other ingredients for the reaction of
photosynthesis cannot takes place. While Plant B, with sufficient amount of sunlight grow
healthy because the reaction takes place between a gas in air called carbon dioxide and
hydrogen, a part of water. Sunlight causes these two to combine and make new chemicals
called carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are plant food. Plants use these chemicals to live and
grow. Therefore, it only proves that sunlight has a great effect in the reaction taking place inside
the chloroplast. And without sunlight plants can't live nor grow to the fullest
SCIENTIFIC STEPS FOUND IN THE TEXT
METHOD
Observe
Research
Hypothesis
Test
Analyze
Conclusion
