Photosynthesis

The synthesis of carbohydrates in the stroma of chloroplasts occurs through a process called photosynthesis, which uses energy from sunlight. This energy is captured by chlorophyll molecules in the thylakoid membranes and converted into chemical energy that drives the formation of carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water.

End-products of photosynthesis, such as glucose and oxygen, are important to us because glucose is a source of energy for our cells through cellular respiration, and oxygen is necessary for aerobic respiration, the process that releases energy from glucose. Oxygen is also vital for the survival of many organisms, including humans.

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If humans were able to carry out photosynthesis, they would be able to produce their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. This could potentially reduce the need for external sources of food and energy. However, it may also have impacts on human behavior, lifestyle, and society as we know it.

Plants get the carbon dioxide they need for the dark reaction of photosynthesis from the surrounding air. Carbon dioxide enters the leaf through tiny pores called stomata. Once inside the leaf, carbon dioxide is used in the Calvin cycle to produce sugars and other organic compounds.

Photosynthesis is an essential biochemical process in which plants and some bacteria convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen using energy from sunlight. This process is crucial for the production of food and oxygen in the environment.

Living things use oxygen for cellular respiration, a process that produces energy in the form of ATP. During cellular respiration, oxygen is used to break down glucose and other organic molecules to release energy that cells can use for various functions.

During cellular respiration, the energy in glucose is converted, into 40 (38 net) ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) molecules, these are then used to carry out life's functions, such as homeostasis.

C4 and CAM are two alternative photosynthesis pathways found in plants. C4 plants have a specialized mechanism to improve CO2 fixation in hot and dry conditions, while CAM plants use a temporal separation of carbon fixation during the night and day to conserve water.

Sunlight helps plants photosynthesize, converting carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. This process occurs in the chloroplasts of plant cells, using energy from the sun to drive the chemical reactions. Oxygen is released as a byproduct, which is essential for respiration by both plants and animals.

Yes, cellular respiration involves the mitochondria

Yes. Most of the cellular respiration takes place in mitochondria and the mitochondria membrane. That is probably why the mitochondria are known as the "Powerhouse" of the cell.

Photosynthesis occurs primarily in the leaves of a plant. Within the leaf, chloroplasts are the organelles responsible for carrying out photosynthesis. Here, light energy is captured by chlorophyll molecules and used to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen.

Chlorophyll is the green pigment which is stored in chloroplasts. This pigment captures the light and gives the chloroplast the green color when looked at under a microscope. Plants also have accessory pigments that absorb different ranges of light. There are pigments in the some species to turn themselves black to attract more light.

Balancing between oxygen and carbon dioxide means ensuring a healthy exchange of these gases in the body. Oxygen is taken in through respiration and used by cells for energy production, while carbon dioxide is produced as a byproduct and needs to be removed from the body. The lungs help to regulate this balance by facilitating the intake of oxygen and removal of carbon dioxide through breathing.

According to what I have researched most light can make a plant grow, it just depends on the wavelength that the light is flowing. Carl Gelenye has done some work with different wave lengths of light for plants growth and found the violet works the best and blue is the worst.

As we know, chlorophyll is what causes the leaf to appear green. From what I know there is a very specific way to extract chlorophyll from leaves.

1. Boil the leaf to kill the cells and arrest all the chemical activity, this also makes it permeable to alcohol and iodine later on.

2. Submerge the leaf in alcohol (ethanol) which is kept in test tube.

3. Put the test tube into the boiling beaker in step one so the alcohol is boiled alone with the leaf in it.

The chlorophyll should be extracted as the alcohol turn green. As for the leafs, they usually only appears lighter than it is originally is, which is VERY light green.

I have never seen a leaf with absolutely no chlorophyll so can't tell you right here.

WARNING: Alcohol in gas form is highly flammable.

Increasing the temperature of a reaction increases the average kinetic energy of the molecules involved. This results in more frequent and energetic collisions between the molecules, leading to a higher probability of successful collisions that result in a reaction. In essence, increasing the temperature increases both the number of collisions and the proportion of collisions that have enough energy to overcome the activation energy barrier.

oxygen is the byproduct of photosynthesis because from water (H2O), sunlight and carbon dioxide (CO2) , they release oxygen to make glucose.

Yes, the Calvin cycle is the process by which carbon dioxide is fixed into organic molecules during photosynthesis. The enzyme RuBisCO helps catalyze the fixation of carbon dioxide into ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate, leading to the production of carbohydrates.

6CO2 + 6H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2

The total mass on each side of the formula is the same (372), therefore mass has been conserved.

If you calculate the energy of the bonds on each side of the equation, and the energy given to the system by the light, energy should also be conserved.

The reaction for photosynthesis is:

6CO2 + 6H20 + Sunlight => C6H12O6 (glucose) + 6O2

6 molecules of Carbon dioxide and 6 molecules of Water are converted into 1 molecule of glucose sugar and 6 molecules of Oxygen.

This means that if there is either a shortage of water molecules or carbon dioxide molecules the reaction could only run so far before it ran out of "raw materials" to produce glucose and oxygen.

Sources of carbon dioxide are from the burning of fossil fuels from both cars and factories. Also, volcanic vents add a large amount of carbon dioxide to our atmosphere.

Harmful gases such as sulfur dioxide can block out light that is needed for photosynthesis. Air pollution dissolves with the water vapor in the atmosphere making the water acidic, which then forms acid rain. This harms the leaves of a plant, which reduces how well it can carry out the stage of photosynthesis slowing the rate down. Photosynthesis is an essential process within the ecosystem. Using sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, plants manufacture (make) food and energy in a chemical process which occurs in plant leaves.