Photosynthesis

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What type of reaction is photosynthesis?
endothermic - meaning it requires energy
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What is the source of the energy for photosynthesis?
sunlight
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Where does photosynthesis take place?
Inside chloroplasts in plants and algae
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How do the plants trap their energy source?
Trapped in chloroplasts by the chemical, chlorophyll
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What does photosynthesis do?
Convert carbon dioxide and water to oxygen and glucose
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What is the formula for photosynthesis
6CO(2) +6H(2)O -->C(6)H(12)O(6) + 6O(2)
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What happens if there's a high concentration of chlorophyll
Theres a high rate of photosynthesis
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What are the four factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis?
Concentration of Chlorophyll, Light Intensity, Temperature, Concentration of Carbon Dioxide
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What happens if the temperature gets too high?
The enzymes denature and the rate of the reaction drops.
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What happens if you carry on increasing the light intensity?
The rate of photosynthesis will start to decease past a certain temperature
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What are the four limiting factors?
Night or day, warm and bright or not, mineral deficient soil, winter
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What does a limiting factor do
Decrease the rate of reaction
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How do you increase the rate of photosynthesis in greenhouses?
Get heating and lighting
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What would happen if a farmer increases the lighting and heating in a greenhouse?
The crops would grow faster, the rate of photosynthesis would increase, and it would be more expensive
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What are the four things glucose can convert to in plants?
Starch, Fats and Oils, Proteins and Cellulose
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What is glucose mainly used for?
Respiration
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What is cellulose used for?
It strengthens cell walls
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What is starch and where is it stored?
Starch is insoluble and is stored in stems, leaves or roots.
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Where are fats and oils stored?
Structures, such as seeds
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What are proteins needed for?
Cell growth and repair.
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The bubbles used to measure the rate of photosynthesis in pondweed are full of which gas?
Oxygen
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What is not a variable that should be controlled when testing the effect of light intensity on plant photosynthesis?
Day of the week
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Whats the equation for light intensity
L = 1 / distance^2
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