Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and

certain other organisms use the energy of light to convert
carbon dioxide and water into the simple sugar glucose.
Photosynthesis provides the basic energy source for all
organisms. An extremely important byproduct of
photosynthesis is oxygen, on which most organisms
depend.

Plants Photosynthesis Occurs In Leaves And Green Stems

Within Specialized Cell Structures Called Chloroplasts.
Photosynthesis Occurs In Seaweeds, Algae and Certain
Bacteria. These organisms are Sugar Factories, producing
millions of new glucose molecules per second.

The raw materials of photosynthesis, water and carbon

dioxide, enter the cells of the leaf, and the products of
photosynthesis, sugar and oxygen, leave the leaf.

Diagram of a typical plant, showing the inputs and outputs

of the photosynthetic process:
We can write the overall reaction of this process as:
6H2O + 6CO2 ----------> C6H12O6+ 6O2
six molecules of water plus six molecules of carbon dioxide
produce one molecule of sugar plus six molecules of
oxygen

Importance of Photosynthesis

Glucose is a basic energy source for all living organisms.

The oxygen released (with water vapor, in transpiration) as
a photosynthetic byproduct, provides most of the
atmospheric oxygen vital to respiration in plants and
animals, and animals in turn produce carbon dioxide
necessary to plants. Photosynthesis can therefore be
considered the ultimate source of life for nearly all plants
and animals by providing the source of energy that drives
all their metabolic processes.

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PROJECT: PROCESS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS

BY: Gurpreet Singh, Anita Sharma

Jagjeet Singh, Sewa Singh