factors that affect photosynthesis

• Limiting factor is a short supply in the environment that restricts life processes.
• Light intensity:

  • The more light a plant receives, the fasterthe rate of photosynthesis

  • Rate increases until there is a limiting factor
• Carbon dioxide concentration:

  • This means the more carbon dioxide that is present, the faster the reaction can occur

  • Rate increases until there is a limiting factor
• Temperature:

  • The temperature of the environment affects how much kinetic energy all particles have (temperature affects the speed of carbon dioxide and water moving through a plant)
• Temperature:

  • The temperature of the environment affects how much kinetic energy all particles have (temperature affects the speed of carbon dioxide and water moving through a plant)

  • Increasing temperature increases the kinetic energy of particles, increasing successful collisions between reactants and enzymes, which leads to increased formation of products

  • Too high — enzymes denature
• There is an inverse relationship between distance and light intensity - as the distance increases, light intensity decreases. This is because as the distance away from a light source increases, light energybecomes spread over a wider area.