Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Relationship between photosynthesis & respiration?

New imformation we have found out : this are the theories we have found.

1)Respiration and photosynthesis is just the exchange of gases.

(respiration)carbon dioxide + waterchlorophyll
→→→→→→→→
light energy
(glucose)+oxygen(photosynthesis)

2)They must both be the same

Putting our knowledge together we found out that Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen in the day while the take in oxygen at night and release carbon dioxide. That process is called photosynthesis. However, if there are, if there are no plants, the carbon dioxide in the air may increase too much that it lead to much that it leads to Global warming and in the process melting the polar ice caps.Animal take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide all the time. That process is called respiration. However on the other hand, if there is no animals to respire, the level of oxygen in the air might increase too much that it may cause oxygen toxicity and may cause fires too last longer as fires requires oxygen to burn.

3)Both of them are important to the survival of living things.

Mostly, all green plants go through photosynthesis because they need food. Respiration and Photosynthesis is the opposite. Green plants need CO2, sunlight and water to make food. We, humans cannot make our own food. But, green plants cannot make food when it is on the night time because there is no sunlight. During the day time, green plants go through photosynthesisas well as respiration. All livings things need oxygen for respiration to survive. The green plants take up only oxygen during night time. Both of them have their opposite cycles, like what i have written above photosynthesis takes up CO2 and gives out O2 while respiration takes in O2 and gives out CO2. So, whenever oxygen was taken by living things, it has been replaced by the green plants that gives out oxygen and taking in our CO2.

4) Humans making food?

Humans and animals cannot make their own food because we do not have chloroplast in our cells. The leaves of plants are green that is what gives them the greenish colour. Even if we do, our skin would change its color to green.

Some of the common questions people might ask.

Why is photosynthesis important?

Photosynthesis is vital for life on earth.The reason is as well as maintaining the normal level of oxygen in the atmosphere, nearly all life either depends on it directly as a source of energy, or indirectly as the ultimate source of the energy in their food.

Who is the one who discovered photosynthesis?And how did he do it?

Jan van helmont began the research of the process in the mid-1600s when he carefully measured the mass of the soil used by a plant and the mass of the plant as it grew. After noticing that the soil mass changed very little, he hypothesized that the mass of the growing plant must come from the water, the only substance he added to the potted plant. His hypothesis was partially accurate—much of the gained mass also comes from carbon dioxide as well as water. However, this was a signaling point to the idea that the bulk of a plant's biomass comes from the inputs of photosynthesis, not the soil itself.

What we have learned?

We have learned that the earth may look very huge and vast but at the same time vulnerable to damage. If we stop the two processes we have explained from occuring the impact on earth would be very devasting.

The difficulties we faced are finding the relevant information need for this blog entry.






2 comments:

  1. Hey, are the 2 processes really opposite? When photosynthesis stops, respiration occurs and vice versa???

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  2. Yes it does. it occur as both them occur at the same time. photosynthesis gives out oxygen and take in carbondioxide while respiration gives out carbondioxide and takes in oxygen.

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