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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Photosynthesis the video was great to watch because it show all the parts in how the photosynthesis work. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/311/deploy/interface.html check the wed site out

photosynthesis vocab

Autotroph - Organisms that use energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to make organic compound.
Granum - Stack of thylakoids
Thylakoids - Disk -shape structures  inside chloroplasts.
Stomata - Small pores in leaves.
Carbon Fixation - Incorpation of carbon dioxide into organic compound
CAM Pathway - CO2 fixed into four-carbon compound
Light reaction - a series of reactions that involve pigments

photosynthesis

photosynthesis how it works with plants take in water and carbon dioxide, and create oxygen. Photosynthesis, is a process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds , especially sugar , using the energy from sunlight. Photosynthesis occurs in plants , algae , and many species of bacteria , but not in Archaea.