"PHOTOSYNTHESIS"
The process by which plants make food is called "PHOTOSYNTHESIS". The word "photosynthesis" is made up of two words:
- "photo" = light
- "synthesis" = putting together
Chlorophyll is the green pigment found in plants. Both chlorophyll and light energy need to be present for photosynthesis to take place, but they are not used up in the process.
Thus, the process of photosynthesis can be represented as follows:
| carbon dioxide + water | chlorophyll →→→→→→→→ light energy | sugar (glucose) + oxygen |
The chemical equation for this process is:
Carbon dioxide is obtained through tiny pores in plant leaves called stomata.
Sunlight is absorbed by Chlorophyll, a green pigment located in plant cell structures called chloroplasts . Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis. Chloroplasts contain several structures, each having specific functions:
Some of the sugar produced during photosynthesis is used by the plant for its life processes (such as growing and reproducing); the excess is converted mainly to starch and stored in various plant parts which may be used as food by animals and humans.
Oxygen produced during photosynthesis replenishes the oxygen that was used up by living things during respiration.
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