Photosynthesis Background Do you know what is the most important process that sustains life? Photosynthesis‚ that is the correct answer! Photosynthesis‚ is known as the process to produce plant food. But‚ how does is the life exist on the planet we call our home‚ Earth? Photosynthesis is a process that we know that allows water‚ carbon dioxide‚ and some mineral salts along with the light from the sun to make glucose (sugar). During the process‚ the root sytem of the plant takes in elements
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Factors Affecting Photosynthesis Low light intensity lowers the rate of photosynthesis. As the intensity is increased the rate also increases. However‚ after reaching an intensity of 10‚000 lux (lux is the unit for measuring light intensity) there is no effect on the rate. Very high intensity may‚ in fact‚ slow down the rate as it bleaches the chlorophyll. Normal sunlight (usually with an intensity of about 100‚000 lux) is quite sufficient for a normal rate of photosynthesis. Open and Closed
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The rate of photosynthesis in each of the beakers will depend what is wrapped around the beakers such as red and blue cellophane‚ as well as the control of the experiment the beaker without cellophane. The cellophane will directly impact the light getting absorbed as well as the amount of CO2 in the beakers. Which overall as result will determine the final color of the water mixed with bromothymol blue. What was being measured was the color of the water after CO2 has been blown in the beakers. The
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Factors Limiting Photosynthesis The rate of photosynthesis increases with increasing light intensity. But too much light intensity can slow down the rate of photosynthesis because the light damages chloroplasts in the leaf. The higher the temperature the greater the rate of photosynthesis as photosynthesis is a chemical reaction and chemical reactions increase with temperature. But at temperatures above 40 C the rate slows down because the enzymes involved are destroyed
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measured in the number of bubbles produced by the plant. Three factors that influence the rate of photosynthesis can be adjusted in the simulator to determine how each of the factors affects the rate of photosynthesis. Virtual Lab PreLab Questions Q: To survive‚ what gas do we need to breathe in? __________________________________ Q: Where is this gas produced? _______________________________ A byproduct of photosynthesis in oxygen gas. Plant use some of the oxygen that they produce‚ but most of
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Introduction Photosynthesis is a redox reaction which requires carbon dioxide‚ water and light to produce water and a 6-carbon sugar. The process of photosynthesis consists of two parts‚ a light reaction and a light-independent reaction. The method of changing light energy into chemical energy for the formation of NADPH and ATP is done through the light reactions. Light independent reactions use carbon dioxide and the products of light reactions (ATP and NADPH) to form compounds such as glucose
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Photosynthesis and the Amount of Light _______________________________________________________________________ I. Introduction Photosynthesis the process where plants use sunlight (energy) to synthesize foods forming the products carbohydrates and water (H20 + CO2 + Light CH2O + O2). For photosynthesis to take place they need water‚ carbon dioxide and light and chloroplasts. Light is absorbed inside he thylakoid
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The respiration and photosynthesis cycle is the process by which plants and animals interact in a codependent and symbiotic manner to produce the nutrients‚ gases‚ and energy that they require to survive. Plants obtain energy from sunlight and use it to combine carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. This process is called photosynthesis. Animals eat plants containing glucose‚ and combine glucose and oxygen‚ releasing energy‚ water‚ and carbon dioxide. This process is called respiration
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PAPER #1; PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CELLULAR RESPIRATION Name: Melvin G. Abramson SCI 115 – Essentials of Biology Professor: Casey Bethel Date: May 1st‚ 2012 Photosynthesis is the progression of translating light energy to chemical energy and storing it in the acquaintance of sugar. This process occurs in plants and some algae. Photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplasts‚ distinctively using chlorophyll‚ the green pigment implicated in photosynthesis. Photosynthesis
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is called photosynthesis. This process is used by plants and other organisms for synthesis of lipids and amino acids or can be metabolized during cellular respiration to produce ATP. This process takes place in chloroplasts‚ which is a plastid that contains chlorophyll and involves two interlinked reactions‚ which are light dependent reactions and light independent reactions. Throughout our lab experiment‚ we focused on the affect access of light has on carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. Carbon
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