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Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts and involves two main phases. The light-dependent reactions use chlorophyll to capture energy from sunlight and transfer it to produce oxygen. The light-independent reactions then use this energy to combine carbon dioxide and water into sugars in a series of chemical reactions. Overall, the process converts carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugars through a set of light and dark reactions in plant chloroplasts.

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Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts and involves two main phases. The light-dependent reactions use chlorophyll to capture energy from sunlight and transfer it to produce oxygen. The light-independent reactions then use this energy to combine carbon dioxide and water into sugars in a series of chemical reactions. Overall, the process converts carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and sugars through a set of light and dark reactions in plant chloroplasts.

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4.

2 Overview of Photosynthesis TEKS 4B, 9B

The student is expected to:

4B investigate and explain


cellular processes, including
homeostasis, energy
conversions, transport of
molecules, and synthesis
of new molecules
and
9B compare the reactants and
products of photosynthesis and
cellular respiration in terms of
energy and matter
4.2 Overview of Photosynthesis TEKS 4B, 9B

KEY CONCEPT
The overall process of photosynthesis produces
sugars that store chemical energy.
4.2 Overview of Photosynthesis TEKS 4B, 9B

Photosynthetic organisms are producers.


• Producers make their own
source of chemical energy.
• Plants use photosynthesis and
are producers.
• Photosynthesis captures energy
from sunlight to make sugars.
4.2 Overview of Photosynthesis TEKS 4B, 9B

• Chlorophyll is a molecule that


absorbs light energy. chloroplast

• In plants, chlorophyll is
found in organelles called
chloroplasts.
leaf cell

leaf
4.2 Overview of Photosynthesis TEKS 4B, 9B

Photosynthesis in plants occurs in chloroplasts.


• Photosynthesis takes place in two parts of chloroplasts.
– grana (thylakoids)
– stroma grana (thylakoids)
chloroplast

stroma
4.2 Overview of Photosynthesis TEKS 4B, 9B

• The light-dependent reactions capture energy from sunlight.


– take place in thylakoids
– water and sunlight are needed
– chlorophyll absorbs energy
– energy is transferred along thylakoid membrane then to
light-independent reactions
– oxygen is released
4.2 Overview of Photosynthesis TEKS 4B, 9B

• The light-independent reactions make sugars.


– take place in stroma
– needs carbon dioxide from atmosphere
– use energy to build a sugar in a cycle of chemical
reactions
4.2 Overview of Photosynthesis TEKS 4B, 9B

• The equation for the overall process is:


6CO2 + 6H2O  C6H12O6 + 6O2

granum (stack of thylakoids)


1s chloroplast
chloroplast
un
lig
ht

6H2O 6O2
2

energy
thylakoid
stroma (fluid outside the thylakoids)
6CO2 1 six-carbon sugar

C6H12O6
3 4

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