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How a section of pond weed photosynthesises  

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How a section of pond weed photosynthesises Aim: to investigate how fast pondweed photosynthesises and what affects the rate of photosynthesises. Prediction Photosynthesis happens in green plant life and it is a chemical process. Most plants have the capability to create the provisions and energy they need for growth. Green plants do not absorb energy from the soil like other organisms but they make their own via sunlight, this is process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the series of chemical reactions, which help plants make their own food. Photosynthesis occurs, on the whole, in palisade cells. These palisade cells, also known as the palisade layer, are cells below the upper surface of a leaf. The cells are regular shaped and contain many chloroplasts, which help with the photosynthesis reaction. To help produce the plants food the leaf has a large surface area to absorb the maximum of the suns rays during the day....

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