BIO120H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Carboxylation, Rubisco, Electrochemical Gradient

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Photosynthesis is the process that converts solar energy into chemical energy. Directly or indirectly, photosynthesis nourishes almost the entire living world. Autotrophs sustain themselves without eating anything derived from other organisms. Autotrophs are the producers of the biosphere, producing organic molecules from. Almost all plants are photoautotrophs, using the energy of sunlight to make organic molecules. Photosynthesis occurs in plants, algae, certain other protists, and some prokaryotes. These organisms feed not only themselves but also most of the living world. Heterotrophs obtain their organic material from other organisms. Almost all heterotrophs, including humans, depend on photoautotrophs for food and. The earth"s supply of fossil fuels was formed from the remains of organisms that died hundreds of millions of years ago. In a sense, fossil fuels represent stores of solar energy from the distant past. Concept 10. 1: photosynthesis converts light energy to the chemical energy of food. Chloroplasts are structurally similar to and likely evolved from photosynthetic bacteria.

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