Plants mostly absorb red<\/strong> and blue<\/strong> wavelengths which make chlorophyll appear green. However, it is the energy from the red and blue light, thereby, able to be used to do photosynthesis.\u00a0 The equation below shows chemical reaction involved in photosynthesis:<\/p>\n 6CO2<\/sub> + 6H2<\/sub>O + light energy —> C6<\/sub>H12<\/sub>O6<\/sub> + 6O2<\/sub><\/p>\n The whole process doesn’t happen all at one time. It takes \u00a0place in two main parts. The first part is called the light dependent reaction<\/strong>. This reaction happens when the light energy is captured and pushed into a chemical called ATP (adenosine triphosphate), a compound used by cells for energy storage. The second part is called the light independent reaction<\/strong>. The dark reaction takes place in the stroma within the chloroplast, and converts CO2<\/sub> to sugar. This reaction doesn’t directly need light in order to occur. The dark reaction involves a cycle called the Calvin cycle in which CO2<\/sub> and energy from ATP are used to form sugar.<\/p>\n Image source: https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/herbarium\/treeid\/photosynthesis.jpg<\/p>\n SchoolTutoring Academy is the premier educational services company for K-12 and college students. We offer tutoring programs for students in K-12, AP classes, and college. To learn more about how we help parents and students in Orillia visit: Tutoring in Orillia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Photosynthesis is a chemical process that converts carbon dioxide and water into especially sugar and oxygen using the energy from sunlight. Photosynthesis is made up of two words: photo which means light and synthesis which means composition. Photosynthesis is vital for life on earth. It is source of energy for almost all forms of life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[276,277,450,1035,1324],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biology","tag-chlorophyll","tag-chloroplast","tag-darkreaction","tag-lightreaction","tag-photosynthesis"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/herbarium\/treeid\/photosynthesis.jpg\")
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