UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY OF HCM Specific English Topic PHOTOSYNTHESIS Instructors PGS.TS Lê Quốc Tuấn MEMBERS OF GROUP Lâm Ngọc Thu Thảo Đỗ Minh Quân Lê Hoàng Vũ 14163243 14163216 14163322 Võ Thi Mỹ Tiên 14163012 Võ Thị Thùy Dương 14163063 OVERVIEW Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy, normally from the Sun, into chemical energy that can be later released to fuel the organisms' activities In plants and algae, photosynthesis takes in organelles called chloroplasts Plants absorb light primarily using the pigment chlorophyll place LIGHT-DEPENDENT REACTIONS The overall equation for the light-dependent reactions: + + H2O + NADP + ADP + Pi + light → NADPH + H + ATP + O2 LIGHT-INDEPENDENT REACTIONS( Calvin Cycle) The overall equation for the light-independent reactions: + + CO2 + ATP + NADPH + H → C3H6O3-phosphate + ADP + Pi + NADP + H2O We also have two kind of Calvin cycle