Assignment#2 - GEC 124 College Biology !

Student: Jaime Henriques Course Title: GEC 124 College Biology Instructors Name: Dragan Djordjijevic, Ph.D. University: Virginia International University Friday, Feb 13, 2011

Henriques 1

The process of PHOTOSYNTHESIS that nourishes the entire living world directly or indirectly Certain plants and organisms are in charge of the photosynthesis process. All green parts of a plant have chloroplasts, that capture the light energy, dioxide carbon, water, organic compound and oxygen, converting it to chemical energy, then stored as a sugar and other organic molecules, which is called the photosynthesis process. The light that plants accumulate, transforming it in energy creating adenosine triphosphate or ATP. The process of photosynthesis is originated in a group of bacteria that had infolded regions of the plasma membrane containing clusters of such molecules. Photosysthetic membranes function similarly to the internal membranes of the chloroplast, a eukayotic organelle. Plants absorb dioxide carbon and the water that comes from the soil through the plant roots and causing the reaction of oxygen and glucose, that the plant needs to survive. The process of photosynthesis and the production of glucose, makes the plants breath. Before releasing the glucose plants need to be breathing because, as well as the humans breathe and release energy, the plant also transpire in order to start another cycle.

Assignment#2 - GEC 124 College Biology !

Henriques 2

In conclusion, Without the photosynthesis process happening everyday at all times, many animals and living beings may not survive because they are feed from the organic substances that green plants provide. Furthermore, the reason that the planet earth is habitable by humans, is because when the sunlight comes inside the earth, there is a contact with the plants that absorb the light and transform that light to chemical energy. Because of this process, plants release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide, so the earth has the air breathable.