Biology project by Ian Perdomo https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr photosynthesis mural en-us 2022-05-16 19:00:57 UTC 2026-02-07 00:47:16 UTC hello@padlet.com photosynthesis: the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a by-product. ianarielturey2808 https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186284920 2022-05-16 19:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186284920 leaf anatomy: a leaf consists of a broad expanded blade (the lamina), attached to the plant stem by a stalklike petiole ianarielturey2808 https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186302156 2022-05-16 19:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186302156 plant cell: Plant cells are the basic unit of life in organisms of the kingdom Plantae. Plant cells have special organelles called chloroplasts, which create sugars via photosynthesis. ianarielturey2808 https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186314696 2022-05-16 19:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186314696 Chloroplast: a type of plastid a round, oval, or disk-shaped body that is involved in the synthesis and storage of foodstuffs. Chloroplasts are distinguished from other types of plastids by their green color, which results from the presence of two pigments, chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b ianarielturey2808 https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186319907 2022-05-16 19:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186319907 thylakoid: thylakoids are the internal membranes of chloroplasts and cyanobacteria, and provide the platform for the light reactions of photosynthesis. ianarielturey2808 https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186322481 2022-05-16 19:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186322481 stages of the photosynthesis: light dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle. Light dependent reactions, which take place in the thylakoid membrane, use light energy to make ATP and NADPH. The Calvin cycle, which takes place in the stroma, uses energy derived from these compounds to make GA3P from CO2. ianarielturey2808 https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186328188 2022-05-16 19:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186328188 diagram of the photosynthesis process showing light reaction and calvin cycle: ianarielturey2808 https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186332223 2022-05-16 19:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186332223 general equation of photosynthesis and importance of the photosynthesis process to life: Photosynthesis is important to living organisms because it is the number one source of oxygen in the atmosphere. Without photosynthesis, the carbon cycle could not occur, oxygen-requiring life would not survive and plants would die ianarielturey2808 https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186334987 2022-05-16 19:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ianarielturey2808/8ucqmxb9j5yxd8jr/wish/2186334987