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    Plants use photosynthesis to produce their own food. [1] Chlorophyll in plant leaves absorbs energy from sunlight which is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugars through a chemical reaction. [2] Plants store the produced sugars as starch for energy use or transport it throughout the plant in sap. [3] Photosynthesis provides plants the energy they need to grow while respiration allows them to release energy from their food supply.

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    Plants use photosynthesis to produce their own food. [1] Chlorophyll in plant leaves absorbs energy from sunlight which is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugars through a chemical reaction. [2] Plants store the produced sugars as starch for energy use or transport it throughout the plant in sap. [3] Photosynthesis provides plants the energy they need to grow while respiration allows them to release energy from their food supply.

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    Plants use photosynthesis to produce their own food. [1] Chlorophyll in plant leaves absorbs energy from sunlight which is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugars through a chemical reaction. [2] Plants store the produced sugars as starch for energy use or transport it throughout the plant in sap. [3] Photosynthesis provides plants the energy they need to grow while respiration allows them to release energy from their food supply.

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    Sunlight

    Plants can make their own food


    which they use for energy to grow.
    Food
    (Sugar) +
    Oxygen

    Plants contain a green chemical


    called chlorophyll which can
    absorb energy from sunlight.
    This energy is used to turn the
    simple chemicals carbon dioxide
    gas from the air, and water from
    the soil) into larger chemicals
    called sugars.

    Oxygen

    Carbon Dioxide

    Water

    Chemical reaction:
    Carbon dioxide + water + light energy

    sugar (glucose) + oxygen

    Most of a plants chlorophyll is found in the cells


    of its leaves - it is what makes them green. It is
    stored in little discs called chloroplasts, which are
    found just inside the cell walls. These chloroplasts
    can move about the cell, according the Suns
    position and strength.
    If the sunlight is very strong the chloroplasts move
    down the cell, away from the light. If it is weak they
    move up the cell again.
    Strong Sunlight

    Weak Sunlight

    SCIENTISTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

    by Dr Anne Ramage
    of the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh

    SCIENTISTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

    Moving and storing food


    Glucose dissolves easily in water. This means its can be carried around
    the plant in the plants sap.

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    When plants produce more glucose than they need, they


    join the molecules together and turn them into starch.
    Starch does not dissolve in water, so it is often a good
    way of storing food.

    The pictures below show where different plants store


    their food. Biologists often test for starch to see whether
    photosynthesis has taken place.

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    Starch

    In Seeds

    In Stems
    In Leaves

    Glucose

    In Roots

    In Fruits

    In Bulbs

    In Flowers

    Respiration
    Like animals, plants need to take in oxygen to release energy from
    their food. This process is called respiration.
    When plants respire they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.
    Respiration continues throughout the night when a plant cannot
    photosynthesize.

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    In Darkness

    In Daylight

    Bubbles
    Water

    You need:
    living, clean pondweed from
    a pet shop
    a test tube
    a ruler
    a timer
    water (containing 4 - 5 teaspoon
    measures of bicarbonate of soda).
    What to do:
    1) Put the pondweed into
    the test tube.
    2) Put the test tube in a beaker
    and pour in the water
    (containing bicarbonate of soda).
    3) Look for bubbles coming from
    the cut end of the pondweed.
    The bubbles will float upwards.
    4) What do you think the bubbles
    are filled with? Answer:

    Pondweed

    Do you think that changing the amount of light a plant gets will
    affect photosynthesis?
    You can investigate the effect of light strength on the RATE of
    photosynthesis (how quickly photosynthesis proceeds) by counting the
    number of bubbles of gas released per minute by the plant.
    Look back at the equation for
    photosynthesis on the first page of this
    leaflet. The equation gives you the name
    of the gas that is being produced.
    The gas bubbles are a by-product of
    photosynthesis, so the quicker they are
    produced, the quicker the rate of
    photosynthesis must be. Draw a picture
    of your experiment and use the table
    on page 4 to record your results.

    SCIENTISTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

    Canadian Pondweed bubble experiment

    SCIENTISTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

    Investigating the effect of light on photosynthesis


    by _______________________________________ (names)
    The equipment we will use:

    How we have kept our test fair:

    Our prediction:

    Our results:
    Distance of light source
    from plant

    Number of gas bubbles per minute

    100 cm
    60 cm
    40 cm
    30 cm
    25 cm

    We found out that:

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