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
Light intensity is a key component in photosynthesis, amongst carbon dioxide and water to sustain a suitable rate of photosynthesis. Chlorophyll absorbs the light, causing photoexcitation and the formation of NADPH and ATP with production of O2 as a by-product. The Calvin Cycle takes the NADPH and ATP to reduce CO2 into sugars (CH2O), and return NADP+ and ADP + Pi to the light reactions. The process will then repeat. (Reece, et al, 2015)
Photosynthesis occurs each time the sun’s light reaches the lives of a plant. The chemical ingrediants for photosynthesis are carbon dioxide (CO2), a gas that passes from the air into a plant via tiny pores, and water (H20), which absorbed from the soil by the plant’s roots. Inside leaf cells, tiny structures called chloroplasts use light energy to rearrange the atoms of the ingrediants to produce sugars, most importantly glucose (C6H12O6) and other organic molecules. Chlorophyll gives the plant its green color (Simon, 02/2012, pp. 92-93). Chemical reactions transfers the sun’s light energy into the chemical bonds that hold energy-carrying molecules. The most common are
Photosynthesis is the process in which plants consumed inorganic materials like solar light, carbon dioxide and water and converted it to an organic molecule like sugar and an inorganic gas like oxygen. Light is one of the major elements influencing the rate of photosynthesis; direct light concentration affects the noncyclic pathway (light
Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms ' activities. Plants need photosynthesis to survive. The balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis is 6 CO2 + 6 H2O ? C6H12O6 + 6 O2. In English terms, this equation translates to six carbon dioxide plus six
The process of photosynthesis, by which light energy is used to convert inorganic compounds into organic substances with the release of oxygen, may be the most important biological event sustaining life (Keir et al. 2017). In the light-dependent reactions, the chloroplasts of a plant use the pigment chlorophyll to convert light energy into chemical energy. This energy is used to split water and produce oxygen (Eller et al. 2015). The energy is later used in the light independent reactions, where carbon dioxide (CO2) undergoes carbon fixation with the aid of enzyme rubisco, because it catalyses both carboxylation and oxygenation reactions and most of responses of photosynthesis to light, CO2, and temperature (John Evans 2013).
Abstract: The purpose of this lab is to separate and identify pigments and other molecules within plant cells by a process called chromatography. We will also be measuring the rate of photosynthesis in isolated chloroplasts. Beta carotene, the most abundant carotene in plants, is carried along near the solvent front because it is very soluble in the solvent being used and because it forms no hydrogen bonds with cellulose. Xanthophyll is found further from the solvent font because it is less soluble in the solvent and has been slowed down by hydrogen bonding to the cellulose. Chlorophylls contain oxygen and nitrogen and are bound more tightly to the paper than the other pigments.
Does carbon concentration affect the rate of photosynthesis? The carbon concentration does affect the rate of photosynthesis.
1. In what ways is photosynthesis the reverse of respiration? In photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and water, through the light reaction, is converted into glucose and oxygen.
Photosynthesis is the process through which plant cells convert energy from the sun into chemical vitality. The chemical process of photosynthesis involves carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight which are then turned to glucose and oxygen. Cellular respiration consists of the separation of food molecules that results in energy which is then reserved as adenosine triphosphate molecules.
Photosynthesis is essential to all living organism such as animals and plants. Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reaction that converts carbon dioxide and water into oxygen, carbohydrates and water. (Textbook: Principles of Biology). The reactants and the products of photosynthesis are:
Photosynthesis is a vital process that autotrophs use to transfer light energy into chemical energy. Photosynthesis ultimately produces O2 and glucose. It, like many other biological processes, can be affected by environmental variables. The variable that we altered in the following experiment are intensity, light wavelengths, and pigment types. In order to do this, we conducted three experiments. In the first experiment, we examined the effect of light intensity by placing vials with chloroplasts with DPIP at different light distances in which the results varied. Initially, 30cm away was the most effective for photosynthesis. Then 24cm appeared to be the most effective. Followed by 49cm at minutes 25 and 30. In the second experiment, we
This lab was called photosynthesis: understanding photosynthesis. It is a highly complex process that needs to be broken down in many steps to understand how it works. This lab covers the big components in photosynthesis including carbon dioxide intake, light consumption, and varying pigmentation.
Photosynthesis has a two-stage performance before plants produce the two products they are known to produce. These stages are Photosystem I and II. Photosystem II is dependant on light reactions for energy which causes the electrons to be react and be transferred to Photosystem II. The electrons are transported through the Photosystem II electron transport system, however some energy is used to drive ATP synthesis. Meanwhile, light is being absorbed by the Photosystem I, which causes the electrons to react. This process sends the electrons to the Photosystem I transport system where some energy is released as electrons travel through the electron transport system and is captured as NADPH. When this process is completed oxygen is released from the plant and glucose has been
Photosynthesis is a biochemical process in which plant, algae, and some bacteria harness the energy of light to produce food. Nearly all living things depend on energy produced from photosynthesis for their nourishment, making it vital to life on Earth. It is also responsible for producing the oxygen that makes up a large portion of the Earth¡¦s atmosphere. Factors that affect photosynthesis are light intensity and wave length, carbon dioxide concentration, and temperature.
Photosynthesis is the process that plants use to convert light energy from the sun into chemical energy for other organisms’ activities. The two stages responsible for this process are Photochemical reactions (Light reactions) and Biochemical reactions (Calvin cycle). The light reactions consist of two enzymatic protein complexes, Photosystem II and Photosystem I, in the thylakoid membrane of a chloroplasts that use light to reduce molecules to power the electron transport chain. Photosystem II contains a chlorophyll with an optimum wavelength of 680 nanometers that uses the light energy absorbed to excite electrons from the chlorophyll to a higher energy level while using some of the energy absorbed to pump hydrogen ions into the thylakoid membrane (Khan Academy). As water is being oxidized, the electrons stripped are being used to power the electron transport chain, transferring electrons from Photosystem II down to Photosystem I while releasing a biproduct of oxygen. The electrons in Photosystem I are also excited by light to a higher energy state reducing NADP to NADPH. The hydrogen ions that have been pumped into the thylakoid membrane are used for ATP synthase.