ENVS 170A1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Leaf, Chemosynthesis, Photosynthesis
2 Nov 2018
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Primary producers; organisms capable of synthesizing complex organic molecules (glucose) from inorganic precursors (co 2 , h 2 o, & nutrients i. ii. also capable of storing biochemical energy in process. (which requires light: organisms that require lights are photoautotrophs, what is photosynthesis, photosynthesis: , chemosynthesis: . Process by which plants, some bacteria, and some protistans use. Absence of sunlight sunlight energy to produce glucose from carbon dioxide and water i. Oxygen & glucose: photosynthesis site a. takes place in chloroplasts i. Found in mesophyll cells of plants all green plants have chloroplasts, but photosynthesis takes place in the leaves mostly: half a million chloroplasts/mm 2. 2. typical mesophyll cell has ~30-40 (measure 1. 5 x 2 microns) Aqueous space or dense fluid enveloped by internal and external: structure of chloroplast. One layer of thylakoids grana: granum: stroma thylakoids: tubules lumen: .
