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Photosynthesis
- 2. An autotroph is an organism that can use energy from the sun to produce food
- 3. The use of sunlight to convert CO 2 into glucose! Equation: 6CO 2 + 6H 2 0 C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6O 2
- 5. How it works: Plants convert energy from the sun into ATP. ATP and water are used to convert carbon dioxide into glucose
- 6. Where it happens: Photosynthesis primarily happens within the chloroplasts of plant cells
- 7. Photosynthesis relies on the light capturing pigment called chlorophyll Chlorophyll is contained in the stacks of thylakoid in a chloroplast