1. Photosynthesis

2. Plants are producers
Plants make their own food by photosynthesis

3. Photosynthesis Energy from the sun
is trapped by a pigment called chlorophyll inside chloroplasts and is used to turn water and CO2 into glucose.

4. Photosynthesis has 2 Parts
1. Light-Dependent Reaction
Must have Light
Uses light to split water (photolysis)
Converts radiant energy into chemical energy
Makes Oxygen
* Occurs in the Thylakoid of chloroplasts!

5. 2. Light-Independent Reaction/Dark Reaction/Calvin Cycle
Can work at night or day
Uses CO2 & energy from light dependent Rxs
Makes glucose (sugar)
* Occurs in the stroma of chloroplasts!

8. Equation for Photosynthesis

9. Photosynthesis

10. The sun and the electromagnetic spectrum
We can only see the visible spectrum
ROY-G-BIV
Green plants don’t use very much green because they reflect it