ECOSYSTEM:

Life Energy
All organisms need energy to
sustain life.

In order to sustain life, all

organisms require energy, but not
all of them can use light energy
directly for life activities.
To provide the energy needed by all
organisms, plants and other
chlorophyll-bearing organisms
capture the energy of sunlight and
convert it into chemical energy
stored in the food.
When people and other
heterotrophic organisms eat
food from producers and
consumers, chemical energy
stored from food is transferred
to their bodies.
Objectives:

1. Differentiate basic features and importance of

photosynthesis and respiration.
a) Describe the parts of organelles involved in
photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
b) Describe the process of food making by plants.
c) Describe how stored energy from food is changed
to chemical energy for cell use.
d) Identify the factors that affect the rate of
photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Plants are great food providers.

Plants are known as producers.

Photosynthesis is a process of food making
done by plants and other autotrophic
organisms. The presence of chlorophyll
enables these organisms to make their own
food. Autotrophic organisms require light
energy, carbon dioxide (CO2), and water
(H2O) to make food (sugar/glucose/C6H12O6).
In plants, photosynthesis
primarily takes place in the
leaves and little or none in
stems depending on the
presence of chlorophyll.
There are two stages of
photosynthesis:
(a) Light-dependent Reaction
-happens in the presence of light. It
occurs in the thylakoid membrane
and converts light energy to
chemical energy.
(b) Calvin Cycle (dark reaction)
- a light-independent phase that takes
place in the stroma and converts Carbon
dioxide (CO2) into sugar. This stage does
not directly need light but needs the
products of light reaction. This is why it
occurs immediately after the light-
dependent phase.
The chemical formula for
photosynthesis is: