photosynthesis

• Photosynthesis

  The process by which plants use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen
• Limiting factors

  Factors that can limit the rate of photosynthesis
• Making the rate of photosynthesis

  1. Light

  2. Carbon dioxide

  3. Temperature
• Too little carbon dioxide

  Slows down the rate of photosynthesis
• As light intensity increases


  The rate of photosynthesis increases
• As temperature increases


  The rate of photosynthesis increases up to an optimal temperature, then decreases
• The rate of photosynthesis can be affected by multiple limiting factors at once
• Oxygen production can be used to measure the rate of photosynthesis
• Canadian pondweed can be used to measure the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis