Meiosis is a process of cell division that takes place only in sex organs, in order to produce sperm or egg cells. Sperm or egg cells must ...

Mitosis is the process of cell division where one cell divides into two cells which are identical to the original cell. This takes place in...

It's easy to confuse these 3 terms! Let's try to clear things up here. DNA, the blueprint of life, is organized into structures c...

As mentioned earlier, the rate of photosynthesis should increase when you give the plant more light, more carbon dioxide and the optimum te...

What to Measure? Now, how would you measure the rate of photosynthesis? Again, let's look at the equation for photosynthesis:

Photo of Elodea plant by Kristian Peters (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabelfroh/)  A commonly-used plant for such experiments is the ...

Here are some ideas for planning experiments for studying plant photosynthesis .