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The Rate of Photosynthesis From a Plant In Water.
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Photosynthesis AT1 AIM: My aim is to investigate the rate of photosynthesis from a plant in water. There are many factors that would affect this. I am going to use light. BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE: Photosynthesis is a process in which green plants use the energy of light to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose. This is the basic energy source for virtually all organisms. A by-product of this process is oxygen on which all organisms depend. In the leaves and the green stems of plants is where photosynthesis takes place, within specialised cell structures called chloroplasts. The chloroplast is divided by membranes into disk like compartments called thylakoids and embedded in the membranes of these is chlorophyll, a light trapping pigment needed for photosynthesis. The chloroplast traps light energy and converts it to chemical energy then hydrogen atoms help form the glucose and then it is synthesised. EQUATION: Glucose + oxygen -> carbon...
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