The rate of photosynthesis changes during the day time ? Explain the factors that effect the rate of photosynthesis in the early morning?
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There are several ways of measuring the rate of photosynthesis in the laboratory. These include:
the rate of oxygen output
the rate of carbon dioxide uptake
the rate of carbohydrate (glucose) production
These are not perfect methods as the plant will also be respiring, which will use up some oxygen and carbohydrate and increase carbon dioxide output.
Several factors can affect the rate of photosynthesis:
light intensity
carbon dioxide concentration
temperature
The amount of chlorophyll also affects the rate of photosynthesis:
plants in lighting conditions unfavourable for photosynthesis synthesise more chlorophyll, to absorb the light required
the effects of some plant diseases affect the amount of chlorophyll, and therefore the ability of a plant to photosynthesise, such as downy mildew in grape vines
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→ The main factors affecting rate of photosynthesis are light intensity, carbon dioxide concentration and temperature.
- At low light intensities, as light intensity increases, the rate of the light-dependent reaction, and therefore photosynthesis generally, increases.
- An increase in the carbon dioxide concentration increases the rate at which carbon is incorporated into carbohydrate in the light-independent reaction, and so the rate of photosynthesis generally increases.
- As the enzymes approach their optimum temperatures the overall rate increases. It approximately doubles for every 10 °C increase in temperature