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What factors affect the rate of photosynthesis?
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What factors affect the rate of photosynthesis? What is photosynthesis? Photosynthesis is the process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesised from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a by-product. The Chemical equation for photosynthesis is: 6H2O + 6CO2 ----------> C6H12O6+ 6O2 Six molecules of water plus six molecules of carbon dioxide produce one molecule of sugar plus six molecules of oxygen. Photosynthesis mainly takes place in a certain layer of a green leaf called the PALISADE cells. These are perpendicular to the cuticle (a waxy layer on both the upper and lower surfaces on the leaf to stop water loss) of the leaf and are packed with chloroplasts. The structure of the chloroplast and photosynthetic membranes: The thylakoid is the structural unit of photosynthesis. Both photosynthetic prokaryotes and eukaryotes have these flattened sacs/vesicles containing photosynthetic chemicals. Only eukaryotes have...
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