Answer:
After learning that several factors can affect the rate of photosynthesis, answer the
following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What are the factors than can affect the rate of photosynthesis?
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2. How will you describe the variable relationship between light intensity and rate of
photosynthesis as shown in the graph (points A to B)?
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3. What happened to the rate of photosynthesis from points B to C? Why is this so?
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4. What happens to the rate of photosynthesis
as temperature increases?
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5. Why is there a drop of the photosynthetic rate beyond 37°C?
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