Photosynthesis

Question 0

What happens during Photolysis?

Answer 0

Light energy is trapped by chlorophyll in chloroplasts and converted into chemical energy in the form of ATP.

Question 1

What is Photosynthesis?

Answer 1

Photosynthesis is a series of enzyme controlled reactions which occur in tow main stages, Photolysis and Carbon Fixation.

Question 2

During photolysis water is split into what?

Answer 2

Hydrogen and Oxygen.

Question 3

The hydrogen produced attached to?

Answer 3

A Hydrogen Acceptor and the oxygen diffuses from the cell.

Question 4

What happens during stage 2?

Answer 4

Carbon fixation and carbon dioxide combines with the hydrogen from photolysis and uses the ATP produced to create the sugar glucose by a series of enzyme controlled reactions.

Question 5

What are the uses for the glucose produced?

Answer 5

It can be available for respiration, converted into starch for storage or turned into the cell wall component cellulose for a structural use.

Question 6

What can the carbohydrates produced during photosynthesis be used to produce?

Answer 6

Fats and Proteins.

Question 7

What are examples of what can limit the rate of photosynthesis?

Answer 7

Carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity and temperature.