Photosynthesis

An Overview
How much
do you
know about
plants?
Quiz
1. What do you call the
process of making food
in plants?
Photosynthesis
2. What part of the plant
does photosynthesis?

Leaves
3. What is the green
pigment called?

Chlorophyll
4. What is the energy
source of
photosynthesis?
Sun
5. Which gas is removed
from the atmosphere
during photosynthesis?
CO2
6. What plant part is the
entry of carbon dioxide?

stomata
7. What plant part is the
entry of water?

Roots
8. What plant part brings
the water up to the
leaves?
Trunk or stem
9. What are the reactants
of photosynthesis?

CO2 and H2O

10. What are the products
of photosynthesis?

Glucose and O2
Life givers
Plants through photosynthesis
➔ powers life on Earth
➔ converts solar energy into
chemical energy stored in
glucose
Plants through photosynthesis
➔ releases energy when eaten
➔ releases essential oxygen
➔ occurs in the mesophyll cells
of leaves specifically, inside
chloroplasts
leaves
leaf
cross section of a leaf
 epidermis
palisade layer
spongy
mesophyll mesophyll
air space

guard cell
stoma vein
(stomata)

O2 out

CO2 in H2O line

Epidermis
➔ The outermost layer of the leaf is the
epidermis
➔ It consists of the upper and lower
epidermis, which are present on either
side of the leaf
➔ It aids in the regulation of gas exchange.
Epidermis
The main cell types:
1. pavement cells
2. guard cells and their subsidiary cells that
surround the stomata
3. trichomes, otherwise known as leaf hairs.
Pavement cells
Guard cells

guard cells
stomata
Trichomes
Mesophyll
➔ It is the internal ground tissue located
between the two epidermal cell layers:
palisade and spongy
➔ Cell types:
1. parenchyma
2. collenchyma
Parenchyma cells
Collenchyma cells
SITEChloroplast

outer membrane
inner membrane
thylakoid
granum
stroma
SITEThylakoid

thylakoid
membrane
thylakoid space
 PHOTOSYNTHESIS CELLULAR RESPIRATION

Goal Harvest the sun’s energy to make Convert or breakdown food for
food energy

Site Chloroplasts Mitochondria

Raw Materials sunlight, H2O and CO2 O2 and C6H12O6

End Products O2 and C6H12O6 ATP, H2O and CO2

Stages/Pathways Light reaction and Dark reaction Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and ETC

Equations 6H2O + 6CO2 6O2 + C6H12O6

 STAGES/PATHWAYS
Photosynthesis
1. LIGHT REACTION OR LIGHT
DEPENDENT STAGE OR
ELECTRON TRANSPORT
SYSTEM
A series of electron transporters
embedded in the thylakoid to
split water using light energy
2. DARK REACTION OR LIGHT
INDEPENDENT STAGE OR CALVIN
CYCLE
A series of chemical reactions that
convert carbon dioxide and other
compounds into glucose happening in
the stroma
QUESTIONS?