Call Girls in Munirka Delhi 💯Call Us 🔝9953322196🔝 💯Escort.
Photosynthesis: How Plants Convert Sunlight into Food
1. +
Photosynthesis: Converting sunlight into chemical
energy
Students who demonstrate understanding can:
HS-LS1-5: Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical
energy.
2. +
Question #1: Where does the oxygen
(O2) we breathe come from?
O2 is produced by different
kinds of bacteria, algae, and
plants (including trees)
during photosynthesis.
About 25% of O2 comes from
land plants.
Most of Earth’s O2 comes
from the ocean.
Released from tiny ocean plants
called, phytoplankton.
3. +
Autotrophs and Photosynthesis
Called “self feeders” or
”producers”.
Organisms that can produce their
own food using light, water,
carbon dioxide, or other
chemicals.
Examples of autotrophs: green
plants, some algae, few bacteria.
Most autotrophs use
photosynthesis to make their
food.
4. +
Overview of Photosynthesis
Light energy gets converted
into chemical energy.
Chemical energy is stored in
the form of glucose (sugar).
Carbon dioxide, water, and
sunlight are used to produce
carbohydrates and oxygen.
Occurs in two stages:
Light Dependent Reactions
Light Independent
Reactions
NASA: Seeing
Photosynthesis From Space
5. +
Question #2: Where Does
Photosynthesis Take Place in the Cell?
7. +
Closer Look at Chloroplast
Structures
Chlorophyll:
Allows plants to absorb energy
from light
Gives leaves their green color
Membrane Envelope:
Inner and outer membranes
Protects and keep chloroplast
structures enclosed.
Thylakoid membrane:
Internal membrane system
Flattened sac-like membrane
structures called thylakoids
Serve as the sites of conversion
of light energy to chemical
energy.
Granum
Dense layered stacks of
thylakoid sacs
Sites of conversion of light
energy to chemical energy.
Stroma
Dense fluid within the chloroplast
Lies inside the envelope but
outside the thylakoid membrane
Site of conversion of carbon
dioxide to carbohydrates
8. +
Two Processes of Photosynthesis
Light Dependent Reactions Light Independent Reactions
Location: Thylakoid Membrane
Reactants: Sunlight and water
(H2O)
End Products: ATP, NADPH,
and O2
Also called “Calvin Cycle” or
Dark Reactions
Location: Stroma
Reactants: ATP, NADPH, and
O2
End Products: Glucose
Remember:
Cells use ATP for energy
NADPH is a cofactor in reactions that acts as a reducing agent
11. +
Question #3: Why is photosynthesis
essential to life on Earth?
Well..
Life can be sustained in plants.
Plants provide oxygen for
humans.
We BREATHE oxygen!
Without oxygen we cannot
survive!
Editor's Notes
Glucose is a type of sugar. The glucose gives plants energy and the plants can also use glucose to make cellulose, a substance they use to grow and build cell walls.
Here is a picture of a real chloroplast and a model. Notice the organelle has a double membrane (inner and outer) and has special structures inside. Remember chloroplasts are only found in plant cells!
The first part is called the light dependent reaction. This reaction happens when the light energy is captured and pushed into a chemical called ATP. Atmospheric oxygen is produced by the “splitting” of water. Notice how oxygen is released during the light dependent reaction and ATP and NADPH move into the second part of photosynthesis. In general, the second part of the process happens when the ATP is used to make glucose. Remember this is also referred to as the Calvin Cycle or light independent reaction. This process gets its name because sunlight in not directly involved with this cycle.