explain the reason why photosynthesis can become light saturated
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Organisims have a capacity to the amount of light they can use for photosynthesis. This means that only so much light can be used at any given time to produce glucose energy. The graph below demonstrates this principle.

 

Graph of the photosynthesis light response curve and light saturation in photosynthesis

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