Investigation on how light intensity affects the rate of Photosynthesis.

Introduction: Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants use the light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into simple sugar called glucose, which provides a basic energy source for the plant. Photosynthesis occurs in leaves that contain specialized cell structures called chloroplasts. Chloroplasts contain molecules of a green pigment called chlorophyll, consisting largely of carbon and hydrogen. It gives green color and absorbs the necessary light for photosynthesis. Chloroplasts are found in palisade …showed first 75 words of 665 total…

…showed last 75 words of 665 total…could the lamp at these distances every three mins away from the plant: 50cm; 40cm; 30cm; 20cm; 10cm; 0cm. The only reason why we should do this is to backup my hypothesis that "As the distance between the light source decreases, the light intensity increases and so does the rate of photosynthesis." We can test to see how the concentration of carbon dioxide affects the rate of photosynthesis. We can do the same for temperature.