Rogelio Eduardo Gordillo Vega

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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
The photosynthesis is the general process that uses sunlight energy to synthesize
organic compounds from carbon dioxide. The organisms capable of carrying out this process
are plants, algae, and some prokaryotes, such as cyanobacteria.
First, the water (H2O) from the land is drawn up by the plant through its roots. The
water is flowed from the root towards the leaves of the plants through woody vessels, it is
absorbed by the root at the level of the root or absorbent hairs and is passed to the xylem of
the root; Through this, the water is moved inside the stem of the plants following the
differences in water potential. Secondly, the CO2 is taken from the air though the leaves. It
is occurred mainly through pores called stomata that are in the foliar epidermis. These
pores are opened to absorb CO2 from the air. Thirdly, the energy from the sunlight is
caught with the leaves thanks to the chloroplasts and various processes that occur within its
pigments. Next, the energy from the sunlight is used by the plant to turn water and CO2
into oxygen O2 and sugars. After that, the oxygen is released from the plant into the air.
And finally, the sugars are used by the plant for growth.

Gerald Karp. Biología celular y molecular: Conceptos y experimentos. Edición 7ª. Ed.
McGraw Hill. 2014