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==Gas exchange==
Plants draw in CO2, Oxygen, and water vapor from the air around them via the Stomata. These compounds are essential to other processes such as photosynthesis and Respiration. Airflow/wind speed has a strong effect on transpiration rate, gas exchange, and photosynthesis<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00747-0 - Effects of air current speed on gas exchange in plant leaves and plant canopies (2003)</ref>.
==Photosynthesis==
The Cannabis plant photosynthesizes in the presence of light like most plants. It uses carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ribulose bisphosphate (an organic carbon compound) for photosynthesis, so it is categorized as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C3_carbon_fixation C3 plant.]
C3 carbon fixation in photosynthesis leads to several characteristics:
* Cannot survive in very hot environments
* Loses 97% of water via transpiration
==Respiration==
In the dark plants respire instead of photosynthesizing. In this period they uptake Oxygen and expel Carbon dioxide via Gas exchange.
==Circadian Rhythm==
Like animals, plants also have a Circadian rhythm, a sort of internal biological clock that is programmed by external stimuli. It has been shown that matching a plant's environment to its natural circadian rhythm can increase photosynthesis<ref>https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fscience.1115581 - Plant Circadian Clocks Increase Photosynthesis, Growth, Survival, and Competitive Advantage (2005)</ref><ref>https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00245 - Interactions between circadian clocks and photosynthesis for the temporal and spatial coordination of metabolism (2015)</ref>
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