BIOL 1103K Lecture 8: Biology Chapter 7 photosynthesis

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All life on earth depends on solar energy. Photosynthetic organism (algae, plants, cyanobacteria) transform solar energy into the chemical energy of carbohydrates called autotrophs because they produce their own food. Photosynthesis is the process where the sunlight is transformed to energy stored in the form of chemical bonds. Uses the suns energy to turn water and carbon dioxide into glucose. Photosynthesis takes place in the green portions of the plant. Mesophyll cells containing chloroplasts are specialized to carry out photosynthesis. The raw materials for photosynthesis are carbon dioxide and water. Roots absorb water that moves up vascular tissue-> carbon dioxide enters leaf through small openings called stomata and diffuse into chloroplasts-> co2 + h2o=c6h12o6 (sugar)-> energy supplied by light. Photosynthesis has two parts: light reactions and calvin cycle. Calvin cycle reactions take place in the stromata: co2 is reduced to a carbohydrate, uses atp and nadph to produce carbohydrate.

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