Question

Explain how plants turn sunlight into energy? Using the following words in your response: Chloroplast, Photosynthesis, Carbon Dioxide, Water, Oxygen, Glucose, Products, Reactants, Chlorophyll, and sunlight.

Answer 1

Plants convert sunlight into usable energy through the process of photosynthesis

photosynthesis:Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar or glucose

Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts. Chlorophyll is a green photosynthetic pigment within the chloroplast grana that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis. Chloroplasts are found in plant leaves surrounded by guard cells. These cells open and close tiny pores allowing for the gas exchange needed for photosynthesis.

Reactants are substaces which take part in Chemical Reaction while products are one which are formed after chemical reaction.

Here carbon dioxide and water are the reactants and glucose and oxygen are the products

Answer 2

Plants turn sunlight into energy through a process known as photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis is a process in which the light energy is captured by the plants and converted into chemical energy with the help of chloroplasts present in the leaves of green plants.

Photosynthesis takes place through the following process:

• The chlorophyll that absorbs sunlight turns it into chemical energy through the Calvin cycle that takes place in the thylakoid.

• The light-dependent reactions provide the energized electrons that form carbohydrates from the CO2 molecules and produce energy in form of ATP and NADP.

• After the light energy reaches the chlorophyll of the plant, light-dependent reactions take place mainly in the reaction center of the thylakoid membrane where the reactants chlorophyll, CO2, and water react to produce 6 glucose molecules and the essential byproduct Oxygen.