PPT-History of Photosynthesis

1 Photosynthesis Involves the Use Of light Energy to convert Water 6H 2 0 and Carbon Dioxide 6CO 2 into Oxygen 6O 2 and High Energy Carbohydrates sugars eg Glucose amp Starches. Lab. 5: Photosynthesis. Lab. 5: Photosynthesis. Leaves float in water due to presence of air (air spaces) in the leaf. . How does one get them to sink?. Lab. 5: Photosynthesis. Put leaf discs under vacuum . By . Ms. Megan Black. Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process of making food by plants. The essential ingredients in making this food are sunlight, the chlorophyll that is present in green plants, water and carbon dioxide in the air. . Photosynthesis. OB48. Describe, using a word equation, how plants make their own food through photosynthesis.  . OB49. Show that starch is produced by a photosynthesising plant.  . OB50. Investigate the growth response of plants to . Warm up (11-23-15). Explain what you know about plants.. Try to be specific and use scientific terms if possible.. Outline. Objectives. Plant Background Info. Objectives. To gain background information about plants and how they colonized land. Leaf Disc Assay. F Block. Photosynthesis Lab. . An Educational Slide Created By Squade. . (Andy, Alex, Colin, Jordyn). Summary of Findings . In this lab, the effects of plant photosynthesis were investigated by comparing the rates of photosynthesis of two plants, spinach and kale. The rate of photosynthesis was measured the number of leaf cutouts on the surface per minute. These floating leaf cutouts show that oxygen, a product of photosynthesis is produced. We found that the rate of photosynthesis for the spinach leaves was 8.6 cutouts per minutes, 1.4 less than that of the kale leaves (10 cutouts per minute.) This difference could be a result the different amounts of light absorbing chlorophyll present in each leaf, or a difference in vascular tissue sizes, which may affect the plant’s ability to absorb water for photosynthesis.. Lauren . Kendle. Winter Ecology. Spring 2012. Background Information. An analysis of 60 species indicated that there were photosynthetic processes in the . bark. Aspen Trees had the highest level of bark chlorophyll . Why Study Photosynthesis?. *All food webs start with photosynthesis!*. Photosynthesis is arguably the most important biological process on earth because of two key chemical reactions. Liberating oxygen:. ENERGY IN THE CELL. ENERGY IN THE CELL. ENERGY CONVERSIONS. PHOTOSYNTHESIS. CELLULAR RESPIRATION. ATP for cell usage. Is about. Starting with. Transformed by. Converted to. Plants & photosynthesis. Photosynthesis. . Process. = plant cells use light energy to rearrange water and carbon dioxide molecules into sugar . molecules. Oxygen is a by-product (leftover, waste product). Energy now stored in the sugar. Photosynthesis. . converts light energy from the sun into chemical energy in the form of organic compounds through a series of reactions known as . biochemical pathways. . . Autotrophs. . use energy from sunlight or from chemical bonds in inorganic substances to make organic compounds. . What is the . ideal combination of factors . for the . maximum . rate of photosynthesis? . enough light. . enough carbon dioxide. . ideal temperature . (not too hot or cold). How is the rate affected if one of these factors is . Refer to . pg. . 83-92 . in . Holtzclaw. , . Ch. 10 in Campbell and media resources. . Refer . to . pg. . 297. -299 . in . Holtzclaw. , Lab . Inv. 5 . in . Lab Manual. Try This!. Where does the biomass of a tree primarily come from?. Photosynthesis. - a process used by plants and other autotrophs to convert the light energy captured from the sun into chemical energy that can be used to fuel the organism’s activities. . *It is the way plants make food! . The light-dependent reaction. The light-independent reaction. Required practical 7: . Use of chromatography to investigate the pigments isolated from leaves of different plants, . eg. , leaves from shade-tolerant and shade-intolerant plants or leaves of different colours..