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What would happen to photosynthesis if there was no carbon dioxide?
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∙ 12y ago
Plant cells have mitochondria, actually, meaning they can perform cell respiration to make ATP, and carbon dioxide will be a bi-product. (Cell respiration is the process of using oxygen to make energy, and ATP is basically chemical energy.) Not all cells in a plant have mitochondria, though, and most of the larger plants won't be able to perform cell respiration quickly enough to survive. Eventually, carbon dioxide will replenish the air, but the most all of the survivors will be smaller vegetation.
Also, animals primarily use cellular respiration to make ATP, since no animal has chloroplasts. They, too, will replenish the earth's supply of carbon dioxide, and at a much faster rate.
However, if the earth suddenly became void of all animals, plant cells with mitochondria, and bacteria that perform cell respiration (the lot of them!), which is why the air had a deficiency of carbon dioxide, then all photosynthetic organisms would need to adapt to their new environment or die.
But the earth will never have a deficiency of carbon dioxide, because organisms are made of carbon, the air consists of large quantities of oxygen, and carbon and oxygen (which, remember, always travels as O2) will randomly bond simply because they exist together.
But to answer your question, photosynthesis cannot occur without carbon dioxide, so it simply wouldn't happen until carbon dioxide were present.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoIf there was no carbon dioxide the photosynthesis couldn't make the sugar it is relevant to make
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A compound need for photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis is a process used by plants, which is done to make food (glucose/sugar). Photosynthesis requires carbon dioxide (CO2), sunlight, and water (H2O) which would create glucose (sugar), and oxygen (O2). A compound is a group of 2 or more different atoms combined chemically. The compounds that is included for photosynthesis is carbon dioxide and water.
Why would a lack of carbon dioxide stop the process of photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis will not be possible without the presence of CO2.
What would happen if oxygen were not produced during photosynthesis?
If oxygen were not produced during photosynthesis then organisms could not perform cellular respiration. This means that they couldn't produce carbon dioxide which would make the plants unable to undergo photosynthesis.
Which gas is absorbed by the palisade cell?
Carbon dioxide is absorbed by the palisade cell. The palisade cell is a plant cell and without them the plant would die. Plants need carbon dioxide so they can produce food. Through photosynthesis (when a plant uses light to convert carbon dioxide into food).
Why do plants and other photosynthetic organisms need CO2 from atmosphere?
Plants require carbon dioxide to complete the important process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis requires six carbon dioxide molecules, six water molecules, and light in order to create one molecule of glucose, which provides essential energy for all live. Without carbon dioxide, photosynthesis would not occur, and there would be no life on the Earth.
What would happen if there was no carbon dioxide in the air?
Tho photosynthesis is impossible.
What will happen if there's an under supply of carbon dioxide during photosynthesis?
Rate of photosynthesis would become lower but it is rare on land .
What would happen if carbon dioxide in the air increases around a plant?
The rate of photosynthesis will increase, if light is not a limiting factor
What would happen to photosynethesis if there was no oxygen?
Believe it or not, photosynthesis DOES NOT require oxygen. So long as there is a steady stream of carbon dioxide and sunlight, photosynthesis can carry on as normal.
What will happen if the supply of carbon dioxide is permamently cut off?
Plants "breathe" carbon dioxide. They use it in photosynthesis. If carbon dioxide was completely wiped out, plants would die. During photosynthesis, plants turn carbon dioxide into oxygen, which we humans breathe. Once the plants die, humans would also die from lack of oxygen. Carbon dioxide is not something we should try to get rid of completely. The bulk of the carbon dioxide is created by nature. Man produces 3 to 6% of the CO2, the rest is natural.
What if a plant does photosynthesis if it doesnt have carbon dioxide?
it would die
Reactants for photosynthisis?
the reactants for photosynthesis would be water and carbon dioxide
What two things must be taken in by a plant for photosynthesis?
The two things that a plant takes in for photosynthesis are : light and carbon dioxide.
What would have to the oxygen content in the air if photosynthesis were stop?
The oxygen content in air would have decreased. This is because photosynthesis is a process which keeps the balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide by converting carbon dioxide to oxygen.
How would photosynthesis be effected if some of the carbon dioxide was removed from the area?
the plant wont photosyntheis. photosyntheis needs carbon dioxide to do so.
What would happen to the rate of photosynthesis if the concentration of carbon dioxide decreased?
Rate is often proportional to the concentration of the reactants. If the carbon dioxide were less concentrated we should expect the rate to decrease, other factors being equal.
What would Carbon Dioxide be called in the chemical reaction called photosynthesis?
perhaps a reactant?
