6 results for “photosynthesis”

1. Plants & Fungi

   Photosynthesis: How Plants Eat Light

   photosynthesis slows. Where it happens Half of all photosynthesis takes place not in forests but in the sea, in floating

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2. Planet Earth

   The Atmosphere

   photosynthesis. For the first two billion years of Earth's history there was essentially none; then

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3. Chemistry

   The Chemistry of Life

   photosynthesis, then link thousands of them together. Joined one way, they form starch, an energy store

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4. Chemistry

   Chemical Reactions

   Photosynthesis is a reaction that stores the Sun's energy in the bonds of sugar. Even

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5. Matter, Energy & Physics

   Light

   photosynthesis, and so feeds the planet. It runs the fibre-optic cables that carry the internet

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6. Life & Biology

   Dinosaurs and Mass Extinctions

   Photosynthesis collapsed, temperatures plunged, and the food chains that depended on plants and plankton fell apart

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