IGCSE BIOLOGY 
B4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Before you start look back at 9CD Plants and Photosynthesis.


If you only remember one thing:


Photosynthesis:

CARBON DIOXIDE + WATER -----LIGHT ENERGY AND CHLOROPHYLL------->  GLUCOSE + OXYGEN 

(The reason that plants do photosynthesis is to produce GLUCOSE)

This is the fourth of the 11 Biology units:
B1. Characteristics of Living Organisms 
B2. Cells
B3. Enzymes 
B4. Nutrition
B5. Transportation
B6. Respiration
B7. Coordination and Response
B8. Reproduction
B9. Inheritance
B10. Energy Flow in Ecosystems 
B11. Human Influences on the Ecosystem

back to B4 human nutrition and B3 enzymes

B4 LESSON 5: PHOTOSYNTHESIS BASICS

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You can download the leaf cross section below to save you having to draw it. 
Image credit: H McKenna (2006) Leaf anatomy.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leaf_anatomy.svg Accessed: 12th November 2013

EXTRA RESOURCES

• Look at this Photosynthesis Animation from PBS (Click on Launch Interactive) 
  
• The Photosynthesis Song
  

• Another photosynthesis song
  

They Might Be Giants - Photosynthesis from They Might Be Giants on Vimeo.

B4 LESSON 6: RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS

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LESSON 6 VIDEO