What is a compensation point?

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• Compensation point is the point where The light intensity at which the amount of carbon dioxide released in respiration equals the amount used in photosynthesis,
• and the amount of oxygen released in photosynthesis equals the amount used in respiration.
• The plant is in an optimum state of equillibrium
• In biology, the point at which there is just enough light for a plant to survive.
• This point is reached during early mornings and late evenings.
• Respiration is relatively constant whereas photosynthesis depends on the amount of sunlight.
• At the compensation point, the rate of photosynthesis is balanced to the rate of respiration so that the plant is neither consuming nor building biomass.