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Light is a very important factor in the rate of photosynthesis, in my project I am going to test that plants do need light in order to photosynthesise.

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My graph shows that the closer the distances of the light source the
higher the rate of photosynthesis.

Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis

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If the iodine solution on the region of the leaf that is covered with black paper remains yellow while iodine on the region of the leaf exposed to sunlight turns blue black, light is thus required for photosynthesis.If the whole leaf turns from yellow to blue black, light is not required for photosynthesis.Experiment 3: To test if chlorophyll is required for photosynthesisDestarch a pot of variegated plant by placing it in darkness for two days.Above: Bougainvillea plant that has variegated leaves.

This process is also affected by the temperature surrounding the plant (the species of plant we experimented with, pond weed, photosynthesised best at around 20 degrees centigrade.) Light, temperature & CO2 are known as limiting factors, and each is as important as the next in photosynthes...

Photosynthesis and cellular respiration on emaze

For photosynthesis to occur, plants need: · Light energy from the sun · Chlorophyll to absorb light energy · Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and from respiration in plant cells · Water which is absorbed by the roots and transported to the leaves by the xylem tubes....

A positive test for starch in a plants provides evidence that photosynthesis, which through this process glucose is created and is a concentration of starch, has occurred.

In this lab we will prove that photosynthesis produces starch

The of a is the amount of biomass produced through photosynthesis per unit area and time by plants, the primary producers. Primary productivity is usually expressed in units of energy (e.g., joules m day ) or in units of dry organic matter (e.g., kg m year ). Globally, primary production amounts to 243 billion metric tons of dry plant biomass per year. The total energy by plants in a community through photosynthesis is referred to as (). Because all the energy fixed by the plant is converted into sugar, it is theoretically possible to determine a plant's energy uptake by measuring the amount of sugar produced. A proportion of the energy of gross primary productivity is used by plants in a process called . Respiration provides a plant with the energy needed for various plant physiological and morphological activities. The general equation for respiration is:

Photosynthesis investigations - Principles and Starch …

Presence of starch in control set-up but not experiment set-up indicates that the tested variable is required for photosynthesis. Basic Information: How to test a leaf for starch 1.

#39 Photosynthesis investigations - Principles and Starch test

The occurrence of photosynthesis is very important to us as humans, because it provides us with the oxygen we need to breathe and plants are at the bottom of every food-chain and so without them, I would collapse....