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Ch34 37 CircResp
Ch34 37 CircResp
Ch34 37 CircResp
WHAT IS
PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
• Process by which plants
use light energy to
make food molecules
from carbon dioxide and
water
Photosynthesis 1
WHERE IN THE CELL DOES
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
OCCUR?
INPUTS TO
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
END PRODUCTS OF
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Photosynthesis 2
OVERALL REACTION FOR
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
LIGHT REACTIONS
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Photosynthesis 3
CALVIN CYCLE
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ELECTROMAGNETIC
SPECTRUM
Photosynthesis 4
PLANTS ARE GREEN
• Absorb red-orange and
blue-green
• Reflect or transmit green
• This reflected light is what
you see
• What would happen if you
put a plant in green light?
ROLE OF STOMATA
• Stomata open
– Gas exchange with
surrounding air
• Carbon dioxide
• Oxygen
• Water vapor
• Stomata closed
– No gas exchange with
external environment
Photosynthesis 5
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
AND CELLULAR
RESPIRATION
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
AND CELLULAR
RESPIRATION
• Inputs
• Outputs
• Animals have
mitochondria
• Plants have BOTH
chloroplasts AND
mitochondria
OXYGEN REVOLUTION
• 3 billion years ago - no green
plants
• No oxygen in atmosphere
(Only anaerobic organisms)
• Photosynthetic bacteria add
oxygen to atmosphere
• Most anaerobic organisms die
(major extinction event)
• Aerobic organisms arise
• Oxygen in upper atmosphere
into ozone
• Reduces UV radiation at
earth’s surface
• Life can invade the land
Photosynthesis 6