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    The document discusses photosynthesis, the process by which plants and some other organisms use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce oxygen and energy in the form of glucose. It explains that photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts within plant cells, using chlorophyll to absorb light and drive the chemical reactions that fix carbon and produce oxygen. As plants absorb most visible light wavelengths except green, they appear green in color, reflecting green light while utilizing other wavelengths to fuel photosynthesis.

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    THE SUN: MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY

    FOR LIFE ON EARTH


    Almost all plants are photosynthetic autotrophs, as are
    some bacteria and protists
    Autotrophs generate their own organic matter through
    photosynthesis
    Sunlight energy is transformed to energy stored in the form of
    chemical bonds
    (a) Mosses, ferns, and
    flowering plants
    (b) Kelp
    (c) Euglena
    (d) Cyanobacteria
    THE BASICS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
    Describe Photosynthesis
    The process of changing light energy to
    chemical energy
    Energy stored as sugar
    Occurs in plants and some algae
    Plants need light energy, CO
    2
    , and H
    2
    O
    Takes place in the chloroplasts, using
    chlorophyll, the green pigment in plants
    Food Chain
    What happens during photosynthesis?
    Plants capture light energy and use that
    energy to make glucose

    Sunlight provides the energy needed by
    chlorophyll to change molecules of carbon
    dioxide and water into glucose

    Oxygen is also released in this reaction
    What happens during photosynthesis?
    Carbon dioxide enters the leaf through holes called
    stomata
    CO
    2
    combines with the stored energy in the
    chloroplasts through a chemical reaction to make
    glucose
    The sugar is moved through tubes in the leaf to the
    roots, stems and fruits of the plants
    Some of the sugar is used right away by the plant for
    energy; some is stored as starch; and some is built
    into plant tissue
    Why is this important to us?
    We cannot make our own food (glucose,
    energy), we must get our food from plants.
    Plants are the first step in the food chain.
    Why is this important to us?
    The oxygen released during photosynthesis is
    necessary for all living things.
    THE FOOD WEB
    WHY ARE PLANTS GREEN?
    It's not that easy bein' green
    Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
    When I think it could be nicer being red or yellow or gold
    Or something much more colorful like that

    Kermit the Frog
    Electromagnetic Spectrum and Visible Light
    Gamma
    rays
    X-rays UV
    Infrared &
    Microwaves
    Radio waves
    Visible light
    Wavelength (nm)
    Different wavelengths of visible light are seen by the
    human eye as different colors.
    WHY ARE PLANTS GREEN?
    Gamma
    rays
    X-rays UV Infrared
    Micro-
    waves
    Radio
    waves
    Visible light
    Wavelength (nm)
    Sunlight minus absorbed
    wavelengths or colors equals
    the apparent color of an
    object.
    The feathers of male cardinals are
    loaded with carotenoid pigments.
    These pigments absorb some
    wavelengths of light and reflect
    others.
    Why are plants green?
    Transmitted light
    WHY ARE PLANTS GREEN?
    Plant Cells
    have Green
    Chloroplasts

    The thylakoid
    membrane of the
    chloroplast is
    impregnated with
    photosynthetic
    pigments (i.e.,
    chlorophylls,
    carotenoids).

    Chloroplasts
    absorb light
    energy and
    convert it to
    chemical energy
    Light
    Reflected
    light
    Absorbed
    light
    Transmitted
    light

    Chloroplast
    THE COLOR OF LIGHT SEEN IS THE COLOR NOT
    ABSORBED
    Photosynthesis is the process by which
    autotrophic organisms use light energy to make
    sugar and oxygen gas from carbon dioxide and
    water
    AN OVERVIEW OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
    Carbon
    dioxide
    Water Glucose Oxygen
    gas
    PHOTOSYNTHESIS
    The Calvin cycle makes
    sugar from carbon dioxide
    ATP generated by the light
    reactions provides the energy for
    sugar synthesis
    The NADPH produced by the light
    reactions provides the electrons
    for the reduction of carbon
    dioxide to glucose
    Light

    Chloroplast
    Light
    reactions
    Calvin
    cycle
    NADP


    ADP
    + P
    The light reactions
    convert solar energy
    to chemical energy
    Produce ATP & NADPH



    AN OVERVIEW OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
    Chloroplasts: Sites of Photosynthesis
    Photosynthesis
    Occurs in chloroplasts, organelles in certain plants
    All green plant parts have chloroplasts and carry out
    photosynthesis
    The leaves have the most chloroplasts
    The green color comes from chlorophyll in the
    chloroplasts
    The pigments absorb light energy
    In most plants, photosynthesis occurs primarily
    in the leaves, in the chloroplasts
    A chloroplast contains:
    stroma, a fluid
    grana, stacks of thylakoids
    The thylakoids contain chlorophyll
    Chlorophyll is the green pigment that captures light
    for photosynthesis
    Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts
    The location and structure of chloroplasts
    LEAF CROSS SECTION
    MESOPHYLL CELL
    LEAF
    Chloroplast
    Mesophyll
    CHLOROPLAST
    Intermembrane space
    Outer
    membrane
    Inner
    membrane
    Thylakoid
    compartment
    Thylakoid
    Stroma
    Granum
    Stroma Grana

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