Photosynthesis for Kids: All about Photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis for Kids: All about Photosynthesis🌞🌳.

Photosynthesis for Kids: All about Photosynthesis.

Hello! If you have clicked on this post you must be searching for some information about Photosynthesis for Kids or some other info related to photosynthesis. Before that, I just want to tell you that the food which you ate yesterday, your favorite fruit, or even the most important thing for our survival i.e oxygen is a result of the Photosynthesis process.

So now let's learn something very interesting about Photosynthesis Process.

Photosynthesis for Kids: All about Photosynthesis.

Topics covered in this Article:

⇨Definition Of Photosynthesis.

⇨What is needed for Photosynthesis?

⇨Photosynthesis Process.

⇨Equation of Photosynthesis.

⇨What Photosynthesis produces?

⇨Interesting facts about Plants. 
⇨Summary.

★Definition Of Photosynthesis.

 The word photosynthesis can be easily defined through its name itself.

Photosynthesis is derived from two words:

                      "Photo"→ light

                      "Synthesis"→ Putting together

As we need food to survive similarly plants also need food for their survival but they have the capacity to produce their own food, unlike animals they do not depend on some other sources for their food they produce it on their own.

Photosynthesis can be defined as a process by which plants make their own food using carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight.

★What is needed for Photosynthesis?

To make food, plants do not need many things but the things which they need are all mandatory. The absence of any of the following will not lead to the process of Photosynthesis.

➼Carbon dioxide (CO₂)

➼Water⛈

➼Sunlight😎

Now you must be thinking how these all are collected by plants?

Lets me tell you:

👉Firstly CO₂ from air passes through small holes or pores of green leaves🍃.

These pores are called stomata. 

👉Water⛆ is absorbed by the roots of green plants and passes through vessels in the stem on its way to the leave.

👉Sunlight☀ is absorbed by a green chemical in the leaves.

So now I hope you get it how plants collect these things from other sources. 

★Photosynthesis Process.

⇰There is a step by step guide to understand the process of Photosynthesis.👍
Photosynthesis helps plants to generate glucose, carbon dioxide and oxygen by using carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight.

Photosynthesis for Kids: All about Photosynthesis.

↬ Plants, algae, and species of bacteria that can produce their own food are known as photoautotrophs.
↬Plants resort to photosynthesis to CO₂ convert into organic compounds by using the energy derived from Sun🌞.

↬The process is also known as carbon fixation since carbon compounds are produced which store chemical energy meant to be used in cell growth.

 STEPS:

Step 1.

CO₂ in the atmosphere enters the plant leaf through stomata. 

Stomata are minute epidermal pores in the leaves and stem of plants which facilitate the transfer of various gases and water vapor.

Step 2.

Water enters the leaves, primarily through the roots. These roots are specially designed to draw the groundwater and transport it to the leaves through the stem.

Step 3.

As sunlight falls on the leaf surface, the chlorophyll i.e the green pigment present in the leaves on the plant leaf traps the energy in it.

Step 4.

The hydrogen and oxygen are produced by converting water using the energy derived from the Sun.

Hydrogen is combined with carbon dioxide in order to make food for the plant, while the oxygen is released through the stomata.

Similarly, even algae and bacteria use carbon dioxide and hydrogen to prepare food, while oxygen is let out as a waste product.

Step 5.

The electrons from the chlorophyll molecules and protons from water molecules facilitate chemical reactions in the cell.

These reactions produce ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which provides energy for cellular reactions, and NADP (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide diphosphate), essential in plant metabolism.

Step 6.

While we take oxygen and give out carbon dioxide to produce energy, plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen to produce energy.

Step 7.

The chemical energy stored in plants is transferred to animals and humans when they consume plant matter.

 It also helps to maintain a normal level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Photosynthesis generally occurs in 2 stages commonly called LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTION and CALVIN CYCLE.

LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTION:

It occurs in the thylakoid membranes of the chloroplasts and takes place only when the light is available.

During this reaction, light energy is converted into chemical energy.

⇰Chlorophyll and other pigment absorb energy is transferred to the photosystems responsible for photosynthesis.

⇰Water is used to provide electrons and hydrogen ions but also produces oxygen. Do you remember what happens to the oxygen?

⇰The electrons and hydrogen ions are used to create ATP and NADPH. ATP is an energy storage molecule. NADPH is an electron donor molecule. Both ATP and NADPH will be used in the next stage of photosynthesis.

CALVIN CYCLE:

The Calvin Cycle reactions occur in the stroma of the chloroplasts. Although these reactions can take place without light, The process requires ATP and NADPH which were created using light in the first stage. Carbon dioxide and energy from ATM along with NADPH are used to form glucose 

★The equation of Photosynthesis.

The entire process of photosynthesis can be explained by a single chemical formula or equation↬

 6CO2 + 6H2O + Light → C6H12O6 + 6O2

         (carbon dioxide)     (Water)                           Glucose(energy)      (oxygen)

This is the equation of Photosynthesis.

6 molecules of carbon dioxide react with 6 molecules of water in the presence of sunlight to produce 1 molecule of glucose and 6 molecules of oxygen.

★What Photosynthesis produces?

Photosynthesis is very important for us since it produces two very significant things for the human body which are:

                      😎Food 

                      😎Oxygen

Some part of the glucose produced by the plant is stored in fruits and roots. This is the reason behind why we are able to eat carrots, potatoes, apples, watermelons and all the other food items. Food gives us the energy to do our daily work.

Oxygen that is produced during photosynthesis is released into the atmosphere. This oxygen is what we breathe and we cannot live without it.

Although photosynthesis is very important for producing food and oxygen it also plays a vital role in our daily lives to survive.

Let me give you some more hints like those most important major sources of energy such as natural gas, coal, and oil were made millions of years ago from the remains of dead plants and animals which we already know got their energy from photosynthesis.

★Interesting facts about Plants. 

😊The green color of leaves is due to chlorophyll.

😊The two main parts of a chloroplast are the grana and stroma.

😊The first stage of photosynthesis captures energy from the Sun to break down water molecules.

😊The second stage of photosynthesis is the Calvin cycle.

😊It takes six molecules of water and six molecules of carbon dioxide to make one molecule of glucose during photosynthesis. 

😊Plants have specialized tissues that aid photosynthesis.

😊Glucose molecules join to form more complex molecules used by plants.

😊Leaves change color in autumn because plants slow down the process of photosynthesis. 

😊Plants are not the only organisms that use photosynthesis. The reverse process of photosynthesis is cellular respiration.

😊The reverse process of photosynthesis is cellular respiration.

★Summary

In this article, you learned about photosynthesis.

We started from the definition of photosynthesis → need of photosynthesis → process of photosynthesis → equation of photosynthesis → what photosynthesis produces → facts about plants.