Introduction:
Plants are made up of three basic kinds of tissue that help it carry out basic functions that are necessary to maintain life and proper photosynthesis. The first and outermost layer of tissue is called the dermal layer. This is the plant’s ‘skin’ and serves the plant mainly as a source of protection. Also present in the dermal layer of the leaves are stomata, which are tiny openings that allow carbon dioxide to enter and complete the Calvin Cycle of photosynthesis. The innermost layer of the plant is called the vascular tissue and is composed of phloem and xylem, which transport nutrients and water to the rest of the plant. The last layer is the intermediate layer, which is called the ground tissue. The ground tissue in leaves is the mesophyll layer that contains the photosynthetic cells. All plants have a basic stem and leaves, as well as roots to bring up nutrients from the ground. All of these structures are important to the plant because without any one of them the plant would not be able to fully function properly and carry out exercises that are necessary for life.
Heterotrophs and Autotrophs are both living things but heterotrophs acquire energy and nutrients from other living or dead (but once living) organisms while autotrophs convert sunlight into energy or acquire nutrients from nonliving sources (that were never living.) Photosynthesis is basically the intake of sunlight, carbon dioxide and water that then goes through chemical reactions (specifically light reactions and the Calvin Cycle) to be converted into glucose and oxygen, with water as a side product of the reactions. Only autotrophs engage in photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis, in short, is a chemical reaction caused by light that takes place inside of a plant in which solar energy is converted into chemical energy for the plant to use. The chemical equation for photosynthesis is co2 + h2o = c6h12o6 + o2. The
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