The leaf as a solar panel
The magic recipe of air and water
The ancient bacteria that changed the world
The global engine of life
YOUR GOAL
Master of How leaves eat sunlight
artiteacher Electrolysis of Water
Breathe it in, breathe it in / Splitting water, yeah we breathe it in!
artiteacher Plants combine carbon dioxide and hydrogen to create glucose, their primary food source.
artiteacher Plants use light energy to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.
Stomata breathing: A single oak leaf can have over one million microscopic mouth-like pores on its underside.
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water. In 1779, Jan Ingenhousz discovered that plants need light to transform carbon dioxide and water into oxygen.
Who won a Nobel Prize in 1961 for mapping the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis?
What are the microscopic pores on the underside of a leaf called that let carbon dioxide in?
What primary sugar do plants produce during photosynthesis to store chemical energy?
What is the name of the light-independent chemical cycle that bakes carbon dioxide into sugar?
Which chemical element is used by chloroplasts as a molecular 'hammer' to help split water molecules?