PhotosynthesisPhotosynthesis

An An autotrophautotroph is an is an organism that can use organism that can use energy from the sun to energy from the sun to produce foodproduce food

The use of sunlight to The use of sunlight to convert convert COCO22 into into glucose!glucose!

Equation:Equation:

6CO6CO2 2 + 6H + 6H2200 CC66HH1212OO6 6 + + 6O6O22

Reactants: Carbon dioxide Reactants: Carbon dioxide and waterand waterProducts: glucose and Products: glucose and oxygenoxygen

How it works:How it works:

Plants convert energy from Plants convert energy from the sun into ATP.the sun into ATP.

ATP and water are used to ATP and water are used to convert carbon dioxide into convert carbon dioxide into glucoseglucose

Where it Where it happens:happens:

Photosynthesis Photosynthesis primarily primarily happens within happens within the chloroplasts the chloroplasts of plant cellsof plant cells

Photosynthesis relies on Photosynthesis relies on the light capturing pigment the light capturing pigment called called chlorophyllchlorophyll

Chlorophyll Chlorophyll is contained in is contained in the stacks of the stacks of thylakoidthylakoid in in a a chloroplastchloroplast

Due to photosynthesis, Due to photosynthesis, plants are an important plants are an important part of COpart of CO22 and O and O22 cycles in cycles in the atmosphere.the atmosphere.