BIOL 1201 Chapter : Biology 1202 Chapter 10
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Jane b. reece, lisa a. urry, michael l. cain, steven a. wasserman, peter v. minorsky, robert b. jackson. Photosynthesis: photosynthesis-converts solar energy into chemical energy, autotrophs sustain themselves without eating anything derived from other organisms. Producers of the biosphere, producing organic molecules from co2 and other inorganic molecules. Plants are photoautotrophs- use the energy of sunlight to make organic molecules from h2o and co2. Photosynthesis occurs in plants, algae, certain other protists, and some prokaryotes (a) plants. Photosynthesis converts light energy to the chemical energy of food. Light energy absorbed by chlorophyll drives the synthesis of organic molecules in the chloroplast. Co2 enters and o2 exits the leaf through microscopic pores called stomata. Chloroplast thylakoids (connected sacs in the chloroplast); stacked in columns called grana. The two stages of photosynthesis: a preview: photosynthesis can be summarized as the, photosynthesis consists of the light following equation: 6 co2 + 12 h2o + light energy c6h12o6 + 6 o2 + 6 h2o.
