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Life energy: photosynthesis
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Photosynthesis
- combination of
water
,
sunlight
used by plants to make their own
food
and
oxygen
Photo
means sunlight light energy is called
proton
Photosynthesis
- a process of food making done by
plants
and other
autotrophic
organisms
Synthesis
-
process
of making
food
from
sunlight
Plants need 3 things
carbon dioxide
,
water
,
sunlight
Plants - producer of food in return
Convert
carbon
dioxide
to
oxygen
specific sugar that plant produce is
glucose
or
main
product
oxygen
is not original product
Photosynthesis takes place in the
leaves
on the presence of
chlorophyll
Mesophyll
has the most number of
chloroplast
that contain
chlorophyll
important in
traping light energy form the sun
Vascular bundles
-
phloem
and
xylem
transporting vessels of manufactured
food
and
water
Light dependent reaction
- happens in the presence of
light
energy
harvested during this stage is
ATP
(
adenosine triphosphate
)
Calvin cycle
(
dark reaction
) - light independent phrase that takes place in the
stomata
converts
carbon
dioxide
into
sugar