Project by the Students of class 9thC

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WHAT IS PHOTOSYNTHESIS

PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH LIVING PLANT

CELLS CONTAINING CHLOROPHYLL, PRODUCE FOOD
SUBSTANCES(GLUCOSE/STARCH), FROM CARBON DIOXIDE AND
WATER, BY USING LIGHT ENERGY. THEY RELEASE OXYGEN AS A
WASTE PRODUCT IN THIS PROCESS.

IMPORTANCE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS THE PROCESS WHICH ULTIMATELY IS THE
SOURCE OF ENERGY AND LIFE FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS
WHETHER PLANTS, ANIMALS OR MAN.
THIS IS THE ONLY BIOLOGICAL PROCESS WHICH RELEASES
OXYGEN INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. OXYGEN SUPPORTS LIFE ON
EARTH.
 CHLOROPHYLL – THE VITAL PLANT
PIGMENT .

CHLOROPHYLL IS THE GREEN COLOURING MATTER FOUND IN

PLANTS. IT IS CONTAINED IN MICROSCOPIC CELL ORGANALLES
CALLED CHLOROPLAST
THE CHLOROPHYLL IS CONAINED IN THE MESOPYLL CELL
LOCATED BETWEEN THE UPEER EPIDERMIS AND THE LOWER
EPIDERMIS (i.e.in PALISADACELL AND IN SPONGY LOTER CELLS)
OF STOMATA AND IN THE OUTER LAYERS OF YOUNG GREEN
STEMS.
REGULATION OF STOMETAL OPENING

STOMATA ARE MINUTE OPENING OCCURRIG IN LARGE NUMBER

ON THE LOWER SURFASE OF A LEAF . MAIN FUCTION OF THE
STOMATA IS TO LET IN CO2FROM THE ATMOSPHERE FOR
PHOTOSYNTHESIS . WHEN STOMATA ARE NOT IN USE FOR
PHOTOSYNTHESIS,i.e. DURNING THE DARK, THEY TEND TO CLOSE
THERE OPENING SO THAT ON WATER IS LOST FROM THE LEAVES
THROUGH TRANSPIRATION . WHEN THERE IS LIGHT ,AS AFTER
SUNRISE,THEY REOPEN TO ALLOW CO2 TO DIFFUSE IN.
PHASE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS

>> LIGHT REACTION

>> DARK REACTION
EXRENAL FACTER AFFECT
PHOTOSYNSIS

THREE EXTERNAL FACTER WHICH AFFECT PHOTOSYNTHESIS ARE

• LIGHT INTENSITY
• CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION, AND
• TEMPRATURE
• LIGHT AND CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION
• ONE WOULD EASILY THINK HTAT THE RATE OF
PHOTOSYNTHESIS EILL INCREASE WITH LIGHT INTENSITY .
• TEMPERATURE WITH INCREASING TEMPRATURE THE
PHOTOSYNTHESIS RATE RISES
LEAVES SYNTHESIS PRODUCTS
BESIDE GLUCOSE

PRIMARILY, WHAT IS PRODUCED IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS GLUCOSE

WHICH MAY GET CONVERTED INTO STARCH . BUT SEVERAL
OTHER CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES ARE SYNTHESISED BY LEAF BY
MAKING
USE OF THE CARBOHYDRATES PRODUCED IN PHTOSYNTHESIS
TOGETHER WITH A VARIETY OF MINERAL NUTRIENTSN ABSORBED
FROM THE SOIL AND TRANSPORTED INTO THE LEAVES . SUM
SUCH PRODUCTS ARE INDICATED IN A DIAGRAMMANTIC
EXPRESSION IN LEAVES OF DIFRANT PLANT PRODUSE SUM
COMMON SUBTANCES SUCH ARE AS AMINO ACIDS , PROTEIN
CHARACTERISTIC SUBSTANTANCES .
TO SHOW THAT OXYGEN IS PRODUCED
DURING PHOTOSYNTHESIS

THE PLACE SOME WATER PLANTS (ELODEA OR HYRILLA) IN

APPARATUR IN THE SUM FOR A FEW HOURS BUBBLES OF GES
WILLCOLLECT IN THE TEST-TUBE .TEST THE GES IN TEST –TUBE.
THE GLOWING SPLINTER BURSTS INTO FLAME WHICH SHOWS THE
PRESENCE OF OXYGEN.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS SUPPORTS ALL LIFE
ON EARTH

PROVIDES FOOD. ALL ANIMALS INCLUDING MAN ULTIMATEIY

DEPEND ON PLANTS FOUR FOOD . A HERBIVORE CONSUMES
THE PLANT PARTS DIRECTLY WHILE A CARNIVORE EATS FLESH
OF AN ANIMAL WHICH IN TURN WAS A HERBIVOR. THIS CHAIN
OF FOOD- DPENDENCE IS CALLED FOOD CHAIN THE FOOD
CHAIN MAY HAVE ANY NUMBER OF INTERVENING STAGES BUT
THE STARTING POINT IS ALWAYS A PLANT WHICH PRODUCES
ITS OWN FOOD THROUGHPHOTOSYNTHESIS .

CORN→RAT→SNAKE→HAWK
GRASS→RABBIT→TIGER

SPECIAL THANKS TO :
COMPUTER DEPARTMENT
GOVT. SEC. SCHOOL VERKA (B),
AMRITSAR.