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How Does Photosynthesis Affect The Flow Of Energy

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Photosynthesis impacts the flow of energy because it starts by a plant obtaining energy that the sun makes to make food for the plant. In photosynthesis plants use the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into high-energy carbohydrates,sugars ,and starches and oxygen,a waste. Photosynthesis provides the base for the flow of on way flow of energy through the biosphere. Plants convert the energy from the sun into sugar, which is what provides fuel for themselves and for the other organisms. Photosynthesis also cycles carbon and the oxygen through our biosphere.

In addition to water and carbon dioxide, photosynthesis requires light and chlorophyll, a molecule in chloroplast..Plants gather the sun's energy with …show more content…

However, chlorophyll does not absorb light very good in the green region of the spectrum. ATP also plays a big part in energy and photosynthesis it is what helps store release energy..

Since light is energy anything that absorbs that light absorbs all the energy that is produced by that energy. when chlorophyll absorbs light, much of the energy is transferred directly to electrons in the chlorophyll molecule, raising the energy levels of these electrons. These high-energy electrons make photosynthesis work. Energy will always be the biggest part in photosynthesis because if energy wasn't present then sugar would not be made in plants and photosynthesis would not be able to happen.

We also get energy from plants because we eat the vegetable and fruit that are produced by plants and every crop of the plants has some energy in it and the more energy that went into making the crop the more energy the plant has and the more energy you will obtain.. That is also why the sun is the biggest part of photosynthesis because it is the energy producer in photosynthesis, so if a plant didn't have sunlight then they would not be able to get the energy needed for

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