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Lab Report On Photosynthesis

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Briana Garcia
10/26/17
Shawnda Kumro
Lab 1106-104

Photosynthesis Lab
Objective: To understand the processes of photosynthesis and what variables can affect the process of synthesizing sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into sugars that fuel all living organisms. By manipulating the type of light color and the rate of which it takes the leaves to process each type of light color.

Introduction: Photosynthesis occurs in the plants chloroplasts the process has two stages where a light reaction occurs also the Calvin cycle. The light reaction products are ATP, NADPH, and oxygen. The light reactions take place in the thylakoid membranes where the stages of photosystems I and II. The Calvin cycle has six steps and it takes place in the stroma. The Calvin cycle is the second step of photosynthesis and creates glucose as the final step to photosynthesis. The steps of which the Calvin cycle take place is processing a three 5-carbon compound called RuBP combines with three CO2 molecules which become three 6-carbon molecules. The second step of the Calvin cycle takes the three 6-carbon molecules which are unstable, and change into six 3- carbon molecules which are called 3- PGA. Halfway through the process of creating glucose ATP and NADPH from the light reactions provide energy and electrons to convert 3-PGA molecules into six G3P molecules. One G3P molecule exits the cycle and the remaining which is used for glucose later on. Five G3P molecules shuffle back into RuBP, getting

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