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Photosynthesis
How are plant cells different from animal cells?
How does photosynthesis work?
The relationship between photosynthesis and breathing
Learn about the greenness of plants
Learn how the layered arrangement of chlorophyll molecules within a leaf increases its photosynthetic output.
Chloroplast structure
The process of photosynthesis in plants explained
Diagram of the light reaction of photosynthesis Photosynthetic electron pathway
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Photosynthesis diagram showing how water, light, and carbon dioxide are absorbed by a plant and that oxygen and sugars are produced. Also show a person to illustrate the oxygen/carbon dioxide cycle between plants and animals.
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How does photosynthesis work?
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Learn how the layered arrangement of chlorophyll molecules within a leaf increases its photosynthetic output.
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Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
English clergyman and scientist
Calvin, Melvin
Melvin Calvin
American biochemist
Ingenhousz, detail of an engraving
Jan Ingenhousz
Dutch scientist
Jean Senebier
Swiss botanist
Robert Huber
German biochemist
Johann Deisenhofer
German American biochemist
Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure
Swiss scientist
Hartmut Michel
German biochemist
Robert Hill
British biochemist

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Plant seedlings emerging from rich fertile soil
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