makes food from the sun, that you can’t beat

uses water during this process too

creates sugar from light and CO₂

now it’s got energy to grow

called photosynthesis, you didn’t know

does the opposite of what we do

plants take in carbon dioxide and release O₂

what makes a plant green? I’m glad you asked

photosynthesis takes place inside the chloroplast

plant cells can contain 100 or only one

filled with chlorophyll, where this process runs

chemistry of photosynthesis is mad easy bro

start with 6CO₂ and 6H₂O

add sunshine and chlorophyll to the mix

end up with C₆H₁₂O₆

that’s sugar, food or glucose

plant eats it for breakfast like we eat toast

also makes 6O₂ that we need

6 molecules of oxygen so we can breathe

studying the chloroplast won’t put you in a coma

inside is a fluid-filled region called the stroma

there you find the grana look like stacks of coins

what make up the grana are thylakoids

that’s where chlorophyll makes it all happen

two stages of photosynthesis: light and dark reactions

light reactions use the sun’s photons you see

make NADPH and ATP