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Introduction Photosynthesis is a very important process in nature. Photosynthesis is a biochemical reaction used to produce glucose using light energy, water and CO2 (Carbon Dioxide). A bye product of the reaction, photosynthesis, is Oxygen. It takes place in all green plants, which use the green chlorophyll, held in chloroplasts in the leaves, to trap light. The main site of photosynthesis is the palisade mesophyll cells in the leaf of a plant. It is these cells that contain the green chloroplasts and are very well adapted to do their task. They are near the upper side of the leaf where they can obtain the maximum amount of light, they are packed very closely together and as already mentioned contain green chloroplasts clustered towards the upper side too. Plants photosynthesise to produce food chemicals that are needed to allow them to grow. The main reaction is to produce oxygen and glucose to...

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