BIOL 1050 Lecture 18: Module 3 Harvesting-Photons-and-Plant-Animal-Interactions

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Photosynthesis = the chloroplasts in plants capture light energy from the sun and convert it to chemical energy that is stored in sugar or other organic molecules. Autotrophs = self-feeders ; they sustain themselves without eating anything derived from living beings. Produce their organic molecules from co2 and other inorganic raw materials obtained from the environment. Only nutrients they require are water and minerals from the soil and carbon dioxide in the air. Plants = photoautotrophs (use photons as energy) Heterotrophs = obtain their organic material by the second major mode of nutrition. Unable to make their own food, they live on compounds produced by other organisms. Dependent on photoautotrophs for food and oxygen. 10. 1 photosynthesis converts light energy to the chemical energy of food. The remarkable ability of an organism to harness light energy and use it to drive the synthesis of organic compounds emerges from structural organization in the cell:

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