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What is Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis
This
The Process!
Step One:
Water
is taken in through
the roots of the plant and
transported to the leaves by
the xylem (tubes that carry
water) in the stems.
Step Two:
Carbon
dioxide animals
breathe out from the air
goes into the leaves through
the tiny pores called
stomata and is spreads to
the cells that contain
chlorophyll in the inside
layer of the leaf.
Step Three:
Sunlight
is used to break
down the water in the plant
into oxygen which the plant
gives off and we use to
breathe. The hydrogen is
then used with the carbon
dioxide to create the food
for the plants and
ultimately food for animals
as well.
The
Glucose
Chloroplast
Chloroplast
is a complicated
internal structure in a plant cell
that contains the chlorophyll
needed for photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll
is stashed in
membranous sacs called
thylakoids.
Thylakoids
Inside
Thylakoids
grana.
Thylakoids Cont.
The
This
Photosynthesis is
divided in two parts:
Light-dependent reactions
(light reactions)
Light-independent reactions
(dark reactions).
Photosystem II
Cytochrome Complex
Serves as an intermediary
between PS I and PS II
Photosystem I
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