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Plants nutrition, Carbon dioxide + water -- light / chlorophyll -->…
Plants nutrition
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Structure of leaf
Spongy mesophyll: Contains air pockets to increase surface area to volume to ratio to diffuse gases (mostly CO2)
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Wax cuticle: protective layer on top of the leaf, prevents water from escaping
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Exam Tip
Interpreting graphs of limiting factors can be confusing for many students, but it’s quite simple.In
the section ofthe graph where the rate is increasing (the line is going up),the limiting factoris
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the rate is not increasing (the line is horizontal),the limiting factor will be something otherthan
what is on the x axis – choose from temperature, light intensityor carbon dioxide concentration.
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Exam Tip
If asked fort he raw materials required for photosynthesis, the answer is carbon dioxide and water
Although required for the reaction to take place, light energy is not a substance and therefore cannot be raw material
Stomata: Where gas exchange takes place. opens during day and close at night. Water evaporation occurs here.
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