BIOL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cell Membrane, Chloroplast, Photosynthesis

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Plants are autotrophs (self-feeders): make their own food and thus sustain themselves without consuming organic molecules derived from any other organisms. Plant cells capture energy from sun and convert it to chemical energy: because plants use energy of light, plants are specifically called photoautotrophs. Through photosynthesis, plants convert co2 and h2o to their own organic molecules and release o2 as a by-product. Photoautotrophs are often referred to as producers of biosphere because they produce its food supply. Producers feed the consumers of the biosphere the heterotrophs that consume other plants or animals or decompose organic material (hetero = other) The process of photosynthesis most likely originated in a group of bacteria that had infolded regions of plasma membrane contain such clusters of enzymes and other molecules. Leaves also use veins to export sugar to roots and other parts of the plant.

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