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- My 2021 Travel Photo Book
- A Carbon Molecule in The Air
- What Comes First
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- Hey! Wait! Not so fast! As a carbon dioxide molecule, I am used during the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis, which comes before the light-dependent phase. Let me show you how plants use the sun to harness solar energy to eventually turn me into glucose!
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- Sofia FarboudmaneschBiology
- Hydrogen Ions and Electrons form NADPH
- Photosynthesis is a process in which plants absorb solar energy from the sun and use it to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen gas and carbohydrates such as glucose. Photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplasts of plant cells. During this process, both light dependent and light independent reactions take place.
- Splitting Water for Future Reactions
- It is important to note that the product of light-dependent reactions is oxygen and ATP. The ATP created during these reactions is used for the next phase of photosynthesis: light-independent reactions.
- Light-Independent Reactions Begin
- Oh yay! This is where I come in! WOAHHHHHH I can feel myself being absorbed by a plant to perform the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis.
- After traveling through the electron transport chain, the high energy electrons that were released by the chlorophylls at the beginning of photosynthesis, and some hydrogen ions are stored as NADPH. The NADPH brings the high energy electrons to the next stage of photosynthesis.
- A water splitting enzyme removes electrons from water and supplies them to the chlorophyll to be used for future reactions. To do this, the water is split into hydrogen ions and oxygen. The hydrogen ions are used for more light-dependent reactions, and the oxygen is released as a byproduct of photosynthesis.
- The light-independent reactions use the ATP and NADPH as an energy source to convert carbon dioxide into glucose and other carbohydrates, which are good for long term energy storage. For every six carbon molecules that enter the cycle, 12 three-carbon molecules are produced.
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