Essays Tagged: "Photosynthesis"

Photosyntesis

eat, they make their own food and energy. They make their food and energy through a process called photosynthesis. Through photosynthesis oxygen is also produced. Photosynthesis is 'a process in whic ... t animals that eat plants, etc. (Levine 726) All humans rely on these plants to produce oxygen from photosynthesis. The presence of light and of the green pigment chlorophyll makes the change of carbo ...

(3 pages) 107 1 2.8 May/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

photoshynthesis

- -PHOTOSYNTHESISGeneral InfoDefn: 'To make with light'Reactants (Ingredients)CO2, H2O, Sunlight, chlor ... (Ingredients)CO2, H2O, Sunlight, chlorophyllProductsFood (C6H12O6 = glucose) and O2Overall ReactionPhotosynthesis is actually a series of two reactions.Light reactions (require sunlight)chlorophyll u ... ire light)use chemical energy from light reaction to convert carbon dioxide into glucose.Where does photosynthesis take place?Structure of a ChloroplastChlorophyllLightchlorophyll absorbs red, orange, ...

(2 pages) 68 1 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

Investigation: what conditions affect water loss from leaves?

r is lost through the leaves. This means that no Carbon Dioxide is getting in which therefore stops photosynthesis. The rate of transpiration is affected by the amount of light, the amount of air move ...

(3 pages) 40 0 4.2 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Carnivorous Plants. Individual descriptions of the main species of Carnivorous Plants and how they feed.

isn't one that many other plants have. Most other plants have roughly the same form of nourishment, photosynthesis. However Carnivorous Plant's usually grow in swampy areas, which receive heavy rains ...

(5 pages) 66 1 4.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

The Biological Importance of Water.

m, and here it plays vital roles in many functions, for example in metabolism in all organisms, and photosynthesis and support in plants.Water's importance can be explained referring to its unusual ph ... m, and here it plays vital roles in many functions, for example in metabolism in all organisms, and photosynthesis and support in plants.Water's importance can be explained referring to its unusual ph ...

(8 pages) 86 1 3.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

This is an essay comparing the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis and C3 and C4 plants.

Light reactions in photosynthesis involve the absorption and use of light. The reactions take place in the thylakoid me ...

(1 pages) 44 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

Biology Revision.

delian inheritance*14.2 variation*14.3 population genetics*14.4 classification*14.5 ecosystems*14.6 photosynthesis*14.7 food chains and webs*14.8 respiration*14.9 carbon and nitrogen cycles*14.10 defo ... MASS.(G.P.P) The gross primary productivity of a plant is the TOTAL AMOUNT of sugar it makes during photosynthesis.The amount of energy available for the next trophic level is the net primary producti ...

(15 pages) 183 0 4.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Review of Literature-this is the paper i wrote for science fair in 7 grade. The subject is: "What is the effect of Coca-Cola on Marigolds", so it has info about coke and marigolds.

ppeared about 400million years ago (Myatt). Plants get their energy from the sun by a process calledphotosynthesis and take in food and water by their root system. Then it travels up thestem and to th ...

(5 pages) 65 4 2.9 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

Review of Literature-wrote this in 9th grade for science fair. got all the way to state wit it tho so be careful. its about marigolds and what the effects of zinc, borax, and citric acid has on them.

about 400 million years ago (Plant, 1996). Plants get their energy from the sun by a process called photosynthesis and take in food and water by their root system. Then it travels up the stem and to t ...

(6 pages) 37 1 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

Biology Coursework Analysis and Evaluation (transpiration)

ent water quickly evaporated. This is also due to the fact that leaf water is also needed to aid in photosynthesis and to stop the leaves from wilting. Transpiration takes place more during the day th ...

(2 pages) 43 0 3.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Oxygen is one of the most important and abundant elements on Earth

t and in an enormous variety of rocks and minerals. It can also be released from the plants through photosynthesis. Moreover it is very essential for life and is part of almost every biological molecu ...

(2 pages) 53 2 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Photosynthesis Coursework

IntroductionPhotosynthesis is how plants get their food. The reason why plants have leaves, roots or being green ... how plants get their food. The reason why plants have leaves, roots or being green is all linked to photosynthesis. In photosynthesis, a plant takes carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil ... oxide from the air and water from the soil and uses the light from sunlight to turn them into food. Photosynthesis occurs only in the presence of light, and takes place in the chloroplasts of green pl ...

(5 pages) 72 0 1.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

Biology: The Light Dependent Reaction

In the Light Dependent phase of photosynthesis, light strikes Photosystem II, causing the electron to become excited. The excited el ...

(1 pages) 31 0 1.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respirationpart one, PhotosynthesisPhotosynthesis is when plants use the ... he cycle can continue.part two, Cellular RespirationCellular respiration is sort of the opposite of photosynthesis. There are three parts of cellular respiration that I will talk about. Glycolysis, Th ...

(3 pages) 121 1 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

Biology Report of Fungus: Baker's Yeast

yeast" to refer to Saccharomyces cerevisiae.Yeast has simple nutritional needs. Unable to carry out photosynthesis, they require a reduced carbon source, which can be as simple a compound as acetate. ...

(3 pages) 46 0 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Solar Power

All life on Earth depends on energy from the sun. Solar energy is the source of energy for photosynthesis. It provides the warmth necessary for plants and animals to survive. The heat from th ...

(2 pages) 96 1 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Aerobic Respiration

tabolic process that occurs in the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells. Respiration is the opposite of photosynthesis, which uses energy from light to create glucose molecules. Respiration catabolizes gl ...

(1 pages) 134 4 3.4 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Fresh water Ecology Josh de Salles

particularly the blue part of the visible spectrum. Since this would not normally be sufficient for photosynthesis, many freshwater plants possess adaptations so that light does not become a limiting ...

(5 pages) 27 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Ecosystems - Preservation vs. Conservation

ing processes have been learned or have come into being from these systems: food production through photosynthesis; the building of soils; the creation of food chains; water cycles; nitrogen fixation; ...

(4 pages) 324 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

The Earth's Atmosphere

est trace of oxygen, and so it would have been poisonous to almost all modern life forms.Oxygen and PhotosynthesisThe earth gradually cooled, and after its surface temperature had fallen to below 212 ... y lethal ultraviolet radiation, the first primitive plants evolved. They produced their own food by photosynthesis (a form of metabolism in which light is used to convert inorganic molecules such as c ...

(5 pages) 84 1 4.1 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences