Photosynthesis By: Andrew Bengert and Matthew Boyce Photosynthesis A process that converts CO 2, H 2 O, and energy from the sun to create sugar and O 2 Chlorophyll is an essential part of photosynthesis. It is what gives the plant a green pigment and allows the plant to take energy from the sun so that it can use photosynthesis Reaction CO 2 + H 2 O+ energy C 6 H 12 O 6 + O 2 Balanced Equation 6CO 2 + 6H 2 O C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6O 2 This is double displacement. Importance of Photosynthesis Photosynthesis is important because it is responsible for creating all of the oxygen that humans and animals need O 2 CO 2 Since photosynthesis is able to create its own energy, plants produce energy that other living things can feed on (oxygen) Adenosine Triphosphate The creation of adenosine triphosphate begins with something called mitochondria, which are basically the factories of adenosine triphosphate This is part of cellular respiration, and the glucose is broke down through a process called anaerobic respiration which we will not go into This then creates adenosine diphosphate which sunlight energy is able to turn them back into adenosine triphosphate through the chlorophyll as we talked about earlier This is a way that a plant can store energy because when it needs energy the phosphorous group on the outside will break off from the rest and the plant will be able to use that as energy From there, an adenosine triphosphate has a carbon structure attached to a structure with 10 oxygen atoms attached to 3 phosphorous atoms The mitochondria is what produces the adenosine triphosphate by using the energy from food in a plants case the sugar created from photosynthesis to create them History Jan Baptista Van Helmont discovered photosynthesis in 1643 In 1754, Charles Bonnet realized that when a plant is under water, bubbles come up from it Until the 1930s, it was believed that the O 2 produced from photosynthesis came from CO 2, when L.B. Niel discovered that it was not Photosynthesis Lets Get Into This Bibliography "Adenosine Triphosphate." Adenosine Triphosphate. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec "PHOTOSYNTHESIS." PHOTOSYNTHESIS. N.p., 18 May Web. 10 Dec "THE PHOTOSYNTHESIS SONG." YouTube. YouTube, 18 Mar Web. 10 Dec "Photosynthesis." YouTube. YouTube, 02 Feb Web. 10 Dec Carter, J. Stein. "Photosynthesis." Photosynthesis. N.p., 15 Aug Web. 10 Dec "What Is Photosynthesis?" What Is Photosynthesis? N.p., 08 Feb Web. 10 Dec "An Introduction to Photosynthesis and Its Applications." Photosynthesis. N.p., 12 June Web. 10 Dec Gregory, Michael J. "Photosynthesis." Biology Web. N.p., Web. 10 Dec "Photosynthesis." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation, Web. 10 Dec Bailey, Regina. "Photosynthesis." About.com Biology. N.p., Web. 10 Dec "Photosynthesis Lets Get into This Rap Lyrics in Description." YouTube. YouTube, 20 Oct Web. 10 Dec