The purpose of this experiment was to determine the loss of chloroplasts in five varieties of leaves as measured by observation. To carry out this experiment, a variety of leaves were studied over a fourteen day period. The leaves studies were Fig, Rhododendron, Lilac, Peaer, and Maple. Every four days the leaves were treated with seventy-percent alcohol. The leaves were then blended in with the alcohol, boiled, placed in tinfoil (so no light could get in to tamper with the outcome of the experiment), and then frozen.
After the leaves were boiled, the initial observation took place. The freezing process retiained the color of each leaf, and after the fourteen day period, the initial observation was again confirmed.
After completing the experiment, it was found that the Fig leavescontained the highest amount of chloroplasts as measured by visual observation.The Fig leaves retained their greencolor throughout the fourteen day period, longer than any of the other leaves studied. The Pear leaves had the least amount of chloroplasts as measured by observation in this same time period.