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Photosynthesis Investigation
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION Equation for Photosynthesis: Carbon Dioxide + Water Glucose + Oxygen C02 + H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2 GAS Photosynthesis is the biochemical process in green plants, which enables them to make their own food. Chlorophyll is the substance that absorbs sunlight; this makes solar energy, which is used to combine water and carbon dioxide forming sugars and starch. Oxygen is released as an unwanted bioproduct. Some factors that effect photosynthesis are: Temperature- as the temperature increases the rate of photosynthesis also increases. This is because enzymes, which control many of the stages of the process of photosynthesis, are temperature sensitive and the higher the temperature the more active they become. This is true up to about 380C, however if the temperature gets to about 400C the rate of photosynthesis decreases. This is because the enzymes denature- All enzymes are proteins. At high temperatures the protein breaks down. The active site has changed so that the...
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