the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis?
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You should do an experiment, that's what i did.\n \nPhotosynthesis is the production of food compounds from carbon dioxide and water by green plants using energy from sunlight, absorbed by chlorophyll ie. photosynthesis is how plants feed.\n\nlightlightlil\n\n6CO2 + 6H2O                 à C6H12O6 + 6O2\n\n        Raw materials   Products\n\nie.         Green plants make organic substances from inorganic substances.\n\nIn order to keep the equation for photosynthesis simple, glucose is shown as the only food compound produced. However, this does not mean that glucose is not the only food compound produced.\n\nThe process of taking in and giving out gases is known as gaseous exchange. When green plants photosynthesise, they take in CO2 and give out O2. This only happens in daylight when light is available as an energy supply. The exchange of gases in green plants in light is the opposite of that of animals; however this does not mean that green plants do not respire. During daylight, plants photosynthesise and respire at the same time, hence all CO2 produced by the plant during respiration is transformed into O2 and food (and thus energy) for the plant. It is only when the rate of photosynthesis is greater than the rate of respiration that CO2 will be taken in and excess O2 given out.\n\nie.         In darkness O2 is taken in and CO2 is given out - there is no p/s; in dim light the rate of respiration and p/s    is equal - there is no gaseous exchange with the air; in bright light however p/s is faster than respiration          and thus O2 is given out - CO2 is taken in to use for p/s and the CO2 made from the plant’s respiration is   also used to make O2.\n\nie.         The more light (the higher the light intensity), the greater the rate of p/s - unto the LSP [see below].\n\nIf a plant is given plenty of sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, the limit on the rate of p/s is the ability of the plant to absorb these materials and make them react. (eg. total number and capacity of chloroplasts and the physical limitation of carbon dioxide diffusion.) Most of the time plants DO NOT have an unlimited supply and so the rate of p/s is not as high as it might be.\n\nBlackman’s Law states that:\n\n            “The factor in least supply will be the limiting factor.”\n\n\n\nAs the light intensity (LI) increases, the rate of p/s increases, until the plant is photosynthesising as fast as it can - the LSP - Light Saturation Point. When the LSP is reached, plants cannot photosynthesise any faster, even when the light gets brighter. From this point on, according to Blackman’s Law, the factor in least supply will be the limiting factor ie. either CO2, H2O or temperature will be the limiting factor.\n\n\n\nAs the amount of CO2 available increases, the rate of p/s increases, until the plant is photosynthesising as fast as it can - the CSP - CO2 Saturation Point. If both CO2 and light supply are increased together, the rate of p/s will level out. Henceforth it is limited, according to Blackman’s Law, by the factor in least supply, either H2O or temperature. however there is a physical limitation of the carbon dioxide diffusion and the plant’s sunlight absorption.\n\n\n\nAt a lower temperature, the rate of p/s is increasing with increasing LI or CO2 availability, but the LSP or CSP is quickly reached. At a higher temperature, the rate of p/s increased further and reaches the LSP / CSP slower. Thus we can se that temperature affects the rate of p/s - it is higher at higher temperatures.\n\nFrom this information, one can see that if one wants to investigate solely the effect of the quantity of light on Elodea, one must keep both the amount of CO2 and the temperature constant.\n\nLight intensity will decrease as the distance between the light source and the object increases, and vice versa.\n\nThus the relationship between LI and distance can be described as\n\n         1 This value will be very small; multiplying the LI 1000\n\nLI =
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Both speed up at high temperatures and slow down at low temperatures. Photosynthesis does have a maximum cutoff temperature (usually 30 C in temperate plants and I think 40 C in tropical C4 plants).
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At the speed of light... than the chloroplast from the plant turn it into energy
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I believe that actually the leaves of plants in the shade are more pale then in the sunlight, not darker. That's because the chlorophil which contained in leaves are not fully used for photosynthesis. The less of usage, the more pale the leaves would be. Probably u know that the leaves look greener if they have enough sunlight.
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I would expect light exposure variance has much to do with it. Look at how it effects circadian rhythm, for instance. Probably begins a cascade of varying hormonal changes.
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LIght rections- \n1) H2o ---> H2 + O2 in presence of light -> it is gettin' decomposed\n2) Photosynthesis ---> light favours the reaction btween oxygen water et al , n produces food. -> food is produced\n \nHence , one of these is catastrophic , n the oder , Anatrophic\nIf this is what you had asked...
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Hooooo.OK U want all explanation in yahoo answers?I Will try\n\nIN photosynthesis the sunlight energy is used by green plants to prepare food materials.\nn light reaction the sun light activates chlorophyll molecules so that they make NADDP2 and NADH2.These two in Calvin cycle reduce the co2+h2o in to glucose molecule\n\nIN respiration the reverse happens Of course in different steps\nGlucose molecule in respiration (it is a 6 carbon molecule6H12O6) passes through 3 phases to release the energy in the form of ATP(remember solar energy is taken in p.s to make glucose molecule)\n\nIn GLYCOLYSIS of respiration g;ucose divides in to two pyruvic acids which is aC3co,mpound (2X3=6CARBON glucose)\n\nIn KREBSCYCLE THE pyruvic acik(c3)com pound splits in to 3 co2 and while doing so , it producesNADPH2 nd NADH2\n\nINthe last phase the ELECTRON TRANSPORT  the reduced powers or NADH2 AND NADPH2  are oxidised  (at this stage it takes in oxygen_) in to energy(ATP)and co2\nso the end product in respiration is carbondioxide and energ y in the form of ATP
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The first part of photosynthesis requires the absorption of light, and second part does not.\n\nThe light-dependent reactions are those that involve the absorption of a photon of light.   This is the production of the ATP and NADPH.  These take place in the thylakoid part of the chloroplasts of plant cells.\n\nThe light-independent reactions (or the "dark" reactions) do not involve light.  The light-independent part of photosynthesis is the Calvin cycle.  These reactions take place in the fluid (stroma) surrounding the thykaloids.\n\nSee source for more details.
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hello!\n\nTo find your answer look up "The Photoelectric Effect"\n\nThis will answer your question.  Its better than me giving you the answer cos you'll be better clued up.\n\nwikipedia will do
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Dude plants and algea, planton converting carbon dioxide to oxogen in photosythesis. Plus those weird bacteria in the ocean that can do it without light in darkness.
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Water \n\nPhotosynthesis uses the energy of light to make the sugar, glucose. A simple general equation for photosynthesis follows.\n\n6 CO2 + 12 H2O + light → C6H12O6 + 6 O2 + 6 H2O\nCarbon Dioxide + Water + Light energy → Glucose + Oxygen + Water
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Photosynthesis uses the energy of light to make the sugar, glucose. A simple general equation for photosynthesis follows...\n\n      6 CO2 + 12 H2O  light → C6H12O6 + 6 O2 + 6 H2O\nCarbon Dioxide+Water+Light energy → Glucose+Oxygen+Water\n\nPhotosynthesis occurs in two stages. In the first phase light-dependent reactions or photosynthetic reactions (also called the Light reactions) capture the energy of light and use it to make high-energy molecules. During the second phase, the light-independent reactions (also called the Calvin-Benson Cycle, and formerly known as the Dark Reactions) use the high-energy molecules to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) and make the precursors of glucose.\n\nIn the light-dependent reactions the pigment chlorophyll absorbs light and loses an electron that travels down an electron transport chain producing the high energy molecules NADPH and ATP. The chlorophyll molecule regains its electron by taking one from water, a process that releases oxygen gas.\n\nIn the Light-independent or dark reactions the enzyme RuBisCO captures CO2 from the atmosphere and in a complex process called the Calvin-Benson cycle releases 3-carbon sugars which are later combined to form glucose.\n\nLight to chemical energy---\nThe light energy is converted to chemical energy using the light-dependent reactions. The products of the light dependent reactions are ATP from photophosphorylation and NADPH from photoreduction. Both are then utilized as an energy source for the Light independent reactions.\n\nZ scheme---\nIn plants, light dependent reactions occur in the thylakoid membranes of the chloroplasts and use light energy to synthesize ATP and NADPH. The light dependent reaction has two forms; cyclic and non-cyclic reaction. In the non-cyclic reaction, the photons are captured in the light-harvesting antenna complexes of photosystem II by chlorophyll and other accessory pigments (see diagram at right). When a chlorophyll molecule at the core of the photosystem II reaction center obtains sufficient excitation energy from the adjacent antenna pigments, an electron is transferred to the primary electron-acceptor molecule, Pheophytin, through a process called Photoinduced charge separation. These electrons are shuttled through an electron transport chain, the so called Z-scheme shown in the diagram, that initially functions to generate a chemiosmotic potential across the membrane. An ATP synthase enzyme uses the chemiosmotic potential to make ATP during photophosphorylation while NADPH is a product of the terminal redox reaction in the Z-scheme. The electron enters the Photosystem I molecule. The electron is emitted due to the light absorbed by the photosystem. A second electron carrier accepts the electron, which again is passed down lowering energies of electron acceptors. The energy created by the electron acceptors is used to move hydrogen ions across the thylakoid membrane into the lumen. The electron is used to reduce the co-enzyme NADH, which has functions in the light-independent reaction. The cyclic reaction is similar to that of the non-cyclic, but differs in the form that it only generates ATP and no reduced NADP (NADPH) is created. The cyclic reaction takes place only at photosystem I. Once the electron is displaced from the photosystem, the electron is passed down the electron acceptor molecules and returns back to photosystem I, from where si was emitted; hence the name cyclic reaction.\n\nWater photolysis---\nThe NADPH is the main reducing agent in chloroplasts, providing a source of energetic electrons to other reactions. Its production leaves chlorophyll with a deficit of electrons (oxidized), which must be obtained from some other reducing agent. The excited electrons lost from chlorophyll in photosystem I are replaced from the electron transport chain by plastocyanin. However, since photosystem II includes the first steps of the Z-scheme, an external source of electrons is required to reduce its oxidized chlor
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I did an experiment with this in graduate school.  When a plant has limited to no light, it invests all of its energy and growth into finding a light source.  In my experiment, the plant grew very tall and had very few leaves (since it could not go through photosynthesis anyway, why bother).  It was a very interested experiment and proved that even plant have priorities.
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Photosynthesis\n\n6H2O + 6CO2 ----------> C6H12O6+ 6O2
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Well there is water, amount of carbon dioxide ( needed for light indepent stage of photosynthesis), light ofcourse and temperature ( enzymes are involved in photosynthesis and these operate at an optimum temp. 37 degree celcius)
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c. i suppose expose to sunlight refer to photosynthesis. damn this islike freshman high school material lol -=X
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Chlorophyll. It needs the presence of sunlight too.