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Photosynthesis
making with light
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The Photosynthesis Equation
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balanced
chemical
equation
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equation
The Photosynthesis Equation
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Where does photosynthesis
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occur?
Chloroplasts
Photosynthesis occurs
in chloroplasts of a
plant's leaf cell.
Chloroplasts contain a
green pigment called
chlorophyll.
Chlorophyll transfers The molecules react
Chlorophyll allows
the energy to water with each other and
plants to capture
and carbon dioxide produce glucose and
energy from light
molecules oxygen
Glucose
CH2 OH
Glucose is a kind of
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carbohydrate or sugar.
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Made in leaves OH OH
OH OH
Contains the energy from
Glucose
sunlight
Molecule
Review
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How a plant uses carbohydrates
Releasing useful energy Making nectar to
attract pollinators
Storing for later use
Making amino acids to
Making sucrose for
make proteins
transport
attract pollinators?
Flower
nectar
BEE
FLOWER
Making nectar to attract pollinators (2)
Deficiency
a state of not having, or leaf with
magnesium normal leaf
not having enough, of
something that is needed deficiency
The structure of a leaf
Vascular bundle
collections of xylem
tubes and phloem
vesseles next to each
other, which form the
veins in a leaf
Epidermis
Leaf Tissue The outer layer of tissue on a
plant.
Cuticle
A thin layer of wax that covers
the upper surface of a leaf.
Palisade mesophyll
The layer of cells directly
under the upper epidermis,
where photosynthesis
happens.
Spongy mesophyll
The layer of cells directly under
Leaf Tissue palisade mesophyll, where
some photosynthesis happens
Guard cells
A pair of cells that surrounds a
stoma which control whether
the stoma is open or closed
Review
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A transverse section of a leaf tissue under the microscope
Factors affecting photosynthesis
photosynthesise?
Yes, it can!
But, the photosynthesis will
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Limiting factor
Temperature Stomata
Limiting factors of photosynthesis
1 Light intensity
4 Stomata
high increase
Light intensity
low decrease
photosynthesis
Investigating the necessity for light for
photosynthesis
Control
A standard sample that you use as a
comparison, to find the effect of
changing a variable
Control
Destarching
Leaving a plant in the dark for long
enough for it to use up its starch
stores
Investigating the necessity for light for
photosynthesis
boiled?
To kill the cell which disrupt the cell membranes and
softens the cuticle and cell walls. This allows the
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purple: no CO2
red/orange: a little CO 2
(ordinary air)
yellow: a lot of CO 2
Investigating the effect of CO 2 concentration
on the rate of photosynthesis
after
1 hour
Sample
question
photosynthesis
Sample
question
photosynthesis
CO2
purple photosynthesis
CO2
yellow
Investigating the effect of varying light
intensity on the rate of photosynthesis