Article: Knowing photosynthesis - the life-giving process.(Educators Speak)

Byline: Ricardo M. Lantican, Ph.D. National Scientist, NAST Professor Emeritus, UP Los Banos

IN grade school, our teachers explained photosynthesis to us simply as the conversion of sunlight into "food" for plants. But how does this mysterious work of nature really work? Photosynthesis is a basic life process by which carbon dioxide and water, in the presence of light and chlorophyll, are converted by algae, certain species of bacteria and higher plants, into carbon-containing and energy-rich organic compounds. In other words, photosynthesis is responsible for transforming and storing solar energy into organic molecules which, in turn, are used as a source of ...

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