Photosynthesis GapFill

Plants undergo a reaction called photosynthesis to turn the energy from the  oceanwindsoilpolesSunMoon into food. In this  exothermicoxidativeendothermicadditionreductivesubstitution reaction, carbon dioxide and  methanelactic acidDNAethanolwaterRNA are converted to glucose and oxygen using light energy absorbed by the  chloroplastscell wallvacuolecytoplasmmitochondriaribosomes.

Many factors influence the rate of photosynthesis. Light intensity is often the  restricting factorstalling factordominant factorreducing factorcontrolling factorlimiting factor for photosynthesis, especially since light intensity is often correlated with temperature. A  lowconstantboilingmoderatehighfluctuating temperature decreases the rate of photosynthesis because it means that particles have less  soundpotentialelectricalmagneticchemicalkinetic energy and so reactions happen more slowly. The amount of  carbon dioxidestarchoxygenglucosewatermethane and chlorophyll available also influences the rate.

The glucose that photosynthesis produces can be used in a variety of ways in the plant. It can be stored directly as  chlorophyllstarchglycogencelluloseproteinfructose, or used to produce fats or oils which can also be stored for later use. Much of the glucose is used directly in  diffusionaccommodationreproductionrespirationtranscriptionosmosis, and some may also be used to produce various compounds such as cellulose for  cell wallsnucleimitochondriacell membranesvacuolesribosomes or  starchamino acidsglycerolfatty acidscarbonatesDNA for protein synthesis. This last process also requires nitrate ions absorbed by the  xylemleavesrootsshootsphloemstem.