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    The document describes the structures and processes involved in plant photosynthesis. It outlines the tissues involved - including the cuticle, epidermis, palisade and spongy mesophyll, vascular bundles, and stomata. It also lists the key reactions, inputs, outputs, minerals needed and factors affecting the process of photosynthesis in plants.

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    The document describes the structures and processes involved in plant photosynthesis. It outlines the tissues involved - including the cuticle, epidermis, palisade and spongy mesophyll, vascular bundles, and stomata. It also lists the key reactions, inputs, outputs, minerals needed and factors affecting the process of photosynthesis in plants.

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    Plant minerals:

    Waxy cuticle: Reduces water loss (insoluble)

    Upper epidermis: Allows light to pass through (transparent & one cell thick)

    Palisade mesophyll: Absorbs maximum amount of sunlight (many chloroplasts)

    Spongy mesophyll: Allows gas to diffuse through (loosely packed)

    Vascular bundle:

    - Bundle Sheath (wraps around xylem & phloem)


    - Xylem (transports water)
    - Phloem (transports mineral)
    - Guard cell & stomata: Control what goes in & out of the cell (can open & close to
    reduce water loss)

    Photosynthesis:

    Word equation - Carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen

    Chemical equation: 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2

    Products of photosynthesis:

    1. energy (glucose/sucrose/starch/cellulose)
    2. fats/oils
    3. oxygen

    Minerals needed for plants:

    1. Magnesium
    - forms part of chlorophyll
    - deficiency causes leaves to turn yellow
    2. Nitrogen
    - required for many food molecules (especially proteins: enzymes)
    - deficiency causes stunted plant, weak steam, yellow & dying leaves

    Factors affecting plant growth (photosynthesis):

    1. Light intensity
    2. Carbon dioxide concentration
    3. Temperature

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