Photosynthesis GapFill

Plants undergo a reaction called photosynthesis to turn the energy from the  windpolesoceanSunMoonsoil into food. In this  reductivesubstitutionendothermicoxidativeadditionexothermic reaction, carbon dioxide and  ethanollactic acidDNAwaterRNAmethane are converted to glucose and oxygen using light energy absorbed by the  cytoplasmribosomeschloroplastsmitochondriacell wallvacuole.

Many factors influence the rate of photosynthesis. Light intensity is often the  limiting factorrestricting factorcontrolling factordominant factorstalling factorreducing factor for photosynthesis, especially since light intensity is often correlated with temperature. A  lowboilingmoderatefluctuatinghighconstant temperature decreases the rate of photosynthesis because it means that particles have less  electricalkineticsoundchemicalmagneticpotential energy and so reactions happen more slowly. The amount of  methaneoxygencarbon dioxidestarchwaterglucose 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  fructosecellulosechlorophyllglycogenproteinstarch, or used to produce fats or oils which can also be stored for later use. Much of the glucose is used directly in  transcriptionosmosisrespirationreproductiondiffusionaccommodation, and some may also be used to produce various compounds such as cellulose for  nucleimitochondriavacuolesribosomescell membranescell walls or  DNAamino acidscarbonatesstarchfatty acidsglycerol for protein synthesis. This last process also requires nitrate ions absorbed by the  xylemrootsshootsleavesstemphloem.