Photosynthesis Essay

Abstract Photosynthesis, in essence, gives life to plants and plants give life to, us, humans. However, have you ever wondered how the first plant came to be? Through the process of an unlikely symbiotic union of an alga cell, a cyanobacterium, and a bacterial parasite and unfavorable environments, the first plant was born. Although scientists do not know why such a union occurred, they believe it might have to do with the theory of adaptation to one’s environment. Adaptation tends to occur when…

1.1.1 Describe photosynthesis and how it works in internal plant processes. Photosynthesis is a process which plants make food from sunlight. The plants convert light energy to chemical energy. The converted chemical energy is stored in carbohydrate molecules which are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water. There are two main process in photosynthesis. (Light reaction and dark reaction) Light reactions produce organic energy molecules (ATP and NADPH). Chlorophyll which is in chloroplast…

Photosynthesis Pine Needle Lab Karthik Ravishankar Rock Ridge High School Background Information Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight and turn it into glucose with a byproduct of oxygen in the chloroplast. Chloroplast is located in the cell membrane of a plant cell. Inside the chloroplast, there are small disks called thylakoids which are located in the stroma of the chloroplast. Stacks of thylakoid cells are called granum.…

Photosynthesis Project Photosynthesis is like a squirrel that saves acorns for winter. This squirrel’s name is Chester. Chester must use his skills and some of his energy to go out and save up acorns for winter, which will provide him with energy when he needs it. He must expend some energy now to gain more energy in the future. The acorns he saves will later be broken down (eaten), and used for energy. They are stored in his tree until the period of time that Chester needs them. Plants and…

determine how the rate of photosynthesis responded to the amount of light wattage the plant was exposed to. My groups hypothesis was that an increase in light wattage would cause an increase in the rate of photosynthesis. The independent variable of this experiment was the amount of light wattage the spinach chards were exposed to. The dependent variable of this experiment, or the variable that changed in response to the independent variable, was the rate of photosynthesis experienced by the…

1. Introduction background information. What is the purpose of this experiment? What happens during photosynthesis? What is the role of a photosynthetic pigment? Also, state your hypothesis, independent and dependent variable(s) in this experiment. Photosynthesis is the development of the process which all living plants get their food from the sun, plants absorbed them water from the roots, plants get their food from the sunlight, plants get help of water and carbon dioxide to survive and give…

Photosynthesis Photosynthesis is one the most important life processes that happens on earth. It is the process plants use to create their own food by converting water and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen using light energy. The chemical equation for photosynthesis is 6 CO2 + 6 H2O → C6H12O6 + 6 O2. There are many things in the environment however that can help or hinder this process. In this report I will be explaining 3 structures in the leaf that allow it to carry out photosynthesis,…

Light Intensity and the Rate of Photosynthesis By: Maxwell Wissman, Lela Cohen, Sophia Stevenson and Russell Leibovitz ABSTRACT: This experiment was done to answer and/or to find out if you change the light intensity on a healthy plant, then it will photosynthesize differently, because the photons will hit the leaves of the plant more or less, thus increasing or decreasing the photosynthetic rate. This would answer the question by seeing how many bubbles come up without any light and how many…

species) have adaptations to withstand drought but the trade off of those adaptations is multiple long-term negative effects on photosynthesis. These adaptations help to tolerate harsh conditions, specifically in drought. In situations of long periods of drought it has been researched that oak trees lose their ability to effectively perform photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process in which sunlight is converted in to chemical energy. Plants make their own food by using energy from the sun…

The purpose of the study was to test the effect of various lighting conditions on the rate of photosynthesis. The prediction for this experiment was that if a plant receives more light, then it will have a higher rate of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is a process that converts carbon dioxide into sugars such as glucose using energy from the sun. It is basically how plants make their own food. In order to make this food plants need carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight. Plants obtain these…