Biology 11 December 12 ‚ 2012 Photosynthesis and global warming Introduction: Photosynthesis can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. It represents a sink for carbon dioxide in the environment. Reducing forests and other vegetation can produce a net increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Therefore‚ more photosynthesis might act to reduce global warming. On the other hand‚ this is a more complicated title than it appears at first. Photosynthesis: The process in green plants
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Abstract The process of photosynthesis can be summarized as the photoautotroph consumption of carbon compounds as food and release of oxygen compounds as waste. The methods to measure the rate of photosynthesis are various. One method utilizes CO2 sensors to measure photoautotrophs CO2 intake under various luminescent environments. An elementary method utilizes H2O and NaHCO3 (Sodium Bicarbonate) for submersion of deoxygenized photoautotroph specimens to measure the release rate of oxygen compounds
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WHAT IS PHOTOSYNTHESIS? 3 Every day the total amount of energy that is captured through photosynthesis all across our planet is equal to approximately 135 terawatts. Now to put this number into perspective the entire human race consumes approximately 15 terawatts of energy daily. This means that there is 9 times more energy being absorbed every day through photosynthesis‚ as there is energy being consumed by all of mankind (Bridges 2008). In order to fully understand photosynthesis
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The light reactions of photosynthesis contain two photosystems‚ two electron transport chains‚ and ATP synthase. These parts are embedded in the thylakoid membranes of a chloroplast. The photosystems contain a collection of chlorophyll molecules. Chlorophyll‚ which is the green pigment of leaves‚ absorbs light energy that excites electrons to a higher energy level. Energized electrons from photosystem I are passed down an electron transport chain and added to NADP+ to form NADPH. Electrons from photosystem
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Photosynthesis and cellular respiration go hand in hand‚ but there are differences of the two that most people overlook. Without either of these processes though‚ the human species wouldn’t exist. Along with every other plant or animal. Photosynthesis starts off the cycle‚ with light energy being trapped within the cell and transported into the chloroplast. Water and carbon dioxide follow the similar route of the light energy and as so is collected into the chloroplast. Photosynthesis tends to take
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Is photosynthesis important for life? Is photosynthesis important for green plant‚ animal‚ Earth and human? I believe that photosynthesis is major on make fresh air and make the plants own food. I believe that photosynthesis is important for life because the fresh air from the chlorophyll is doing photosynthesis. Plants also make food and oxygen. Then plants is doing photosynthesis‚ it must have sunlight to make their own food and oxygen. The equation about photosynthesis basically is CO2 +
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There are many variables that could affect the rate of photosynthesis and the net consumption of carbon dioxide. In this experiment‚ the effects of how the intensity of light energy affected photosynthesis were observed. Two pieces of elodea was placed into separate beakers and one of the beakers was placed under a bulb of lower intensity and the other beaker being placed under a higher intensity bulb. The results showed that the beaker under the higher intensity light energy had a higher consumption
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Aim To work out how light intensity can affect the rate of photosynthesis. Hypothesis I think that the further away the light source is the smaller the rate of photosynthesis is. This is because there is a further distance for the light to each the plant in order for it to photosynthesise. Although the closer the light source is‚ the more photosynthesis‚ the light source could also kill or damage the Elodea (type of pondweed) because it could become too hot and denature its cells. But because
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on the result‚ the concentration of CO2 decreased in both MAP1 and MAP2. For MAP1‚ the CO2 level of banana and sapodilla in PP drop from 71.1% to 11% and 72.1% to 20.6% respectively‚ while the CO2 level of banana and sapodilla in PE drop from 71.1% to 9.5% then rise to 10.7% and 72.1% to 9.6% followed by an increment to 10.3% respectively. For MAP2‚ the CO2 level of banana and sapodilla in PP drop from 26% to 10.2% and 26% to 2.63% respectively‚ while the CO2 level of banana and sapodilla in PE
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How does the Amount of CO2 Affect the Rate of Photosynthesis? There are a number of variables that can affect the photosynthesis rate of Canadian water weed (Elodea). They are as follows:  The amount of light: an increased light level increases the rate of photosynthesis to a certain point where at another factor limits the photosynthesis rate.  The temperature: Increased temperature increases the rate of photosynthesis to a certain temperature‚ after which‚ essential enzymes
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