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Photosynthesis
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transformed
All organisms need carbohydrates for energy conversion
What organelle is produces cellular energy?
Glucose C6H12O6 is a carbohydrate
Autotrophs are capable of making their own carbohydrates
Heterotrophs are not capable of making their own carbohydrates and therefore must get them by some other means
Why do we have to eat to get energy?
What form is cellular energy in?
Carbohydrates are made in the chloroplast in a process called photosynthesis
Plants and other photosynthetic organism are green because they contain the pigment chlorophyll
Light from the sun contains all the colors of the spectrum (rainbow).
Chlorophyll absorbs all the colors except for green.
The wavelength of light that is green is reflected. That is why we see plants as green
What carbohydrate do plants make?
Glucose
We get energy from the sun. This energy is in the form of
Radiant Energy
Photosynthesis: Plants use the energy from sunlight to convert water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) into high-energy carbohydrates
Photosynthesis Equation: 6CO2 + 6 H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6
O2
Sunlight
Reactants (what goes in) Carbon dioxide Water
Products (when the reaction is done) Glucose Oxygen
Elodea Lab http://www.syngenta.com/country/uk/en/
learning-zone/science-lab/experiments/Pages/Photosynthesis_in_Action.aspx
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