Chp6 Flashcards
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Photosynthesis
The process by which plants synthesis carbohydrates from raw materials using energy from light
Chemical equations for photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide + water —> glucose + oxygen
What is present during photosynthesis
Light and chlorophyll
What is chlorophyll
It is a green pigment found in the chloroplast of leaves cells and is the substance that transfers light into chemical energy (for the synthesis of carbohydrates)
How is carbon dioxide taking in
Diffuses from the air through the stomata of the leaves and
How is water taken up
By the roots and transported through xylem vessels to the leaves
Chlorophyll absorbs what and does what with it
Light energy and uses it to split the water molecules into hydrogen and carbon dioxide to form glucose the glucose can then be converted into other molecules like starch cellulose and amino acids
What happens to the glucose produced in photosynthesis
Is quickly converted into sucrose which is the food transport molecule of plants so sucrose is transported in phloem vessels to all the parts of the plant that don’t photosynthesis
Parts of the plant that don’t photosynthesis
Fruits and root
Starch is what
An energy storage molecule meaning any sugar that isn’t needed for respiration or synthesis of other molecules it’s converted into starch
Where is starch stored
Within the starch granules of chloroplasts in the cells of stems and roots and in tubers ( specialized organs that hold large starch reserves)
What happens to some of the glucose produced
It’s used to synthesize a tough fibrous molecule called cellulose which comprises the freely permeable cell walls of plant cells
Glucose can be used in respiration how
It provides energy through respiration oxygen which diffuses through the stomata reacts with glucose to realese energy and the byproducts (carbon dioxide , water )
What is nectar made from
A mixture of carbohydrates molecule including glucose fructose and sucrose
Flowering plants produces
Nectar and store it to attract insects for pollination
Minerals that plants need
Magnesium nitrogen ions
Magnesium and nitrogen ions combine
With glucose to make amino acids which are subsequently joined together to build proteins
Magnesium is essential for
The production of the photosynthesic pigment chlorophyll
Testing for starch
1) dip leaf into building water (30s)
Breaks down the cells of the leaf and makes it more permeable
2) boil in ethanol in a test tube
Remove the chlorophyll
3) dip in hot water to soften
4) spread out on a white tile
5) drop iodine solution onto leaf
Results
Parts with starch turn blue
Parts without starch turn brown
Is chlorophyll necessary for photosynthesis experiments
1) de starch the leaf while it’s still on the plant by leaving it in darkness for two to three days or covering the leaf with foil no new sugars would be produced due to the lack of light. Any exiting starch in the leaf will be turned into sucorese and transported into other parts of the plant. After being de starched expose the leaf for several hours record where the chlorophy is draw a leaf then gets it for starch only the parts with chlorophyll change color
Is light necessary for photosynthesis excitement
-) de starch the plant
Cut a shape form a piece of foil
Attach to a leaf
Expose plant to light
Gets leaf for starch
Results exposed parts turn blue covered parts stain brown
Is carbon dioxide necessary for photosynthesis
1) de starch two plants
2) cover with polythene bags
Sofa like in one pot
Sodium bicarbonate in the other
Expose to light
Test for starch
Result the leaf that had carbon dioxide turns blue the leaf without carbon dioxide turns brown
Is oxygen produced by photosynthesis
Cover pondered with a funnel and a test tube filled with water
Expose to light
Leave the control plant on darkness
Use a glowing splint to test for oxygen
Results
Gas collects on the test tube of the experiment
The splint re ignites
Gas exchange In aquatic plants
Clean three boiling tubes
Fill (2/3 full) with indicator solutions
Place pindeeed in tubes one two three
Deal all three
Expose one and two to light
And three in the dark
Results
Tube turns purple
Tube three yellow
Tube two control no color