Monday, January 16, 2012

Light Reactions of photosynthesis: new cleaned-up coloring page!

I finally found a few minutes to clean up (and slightly improve) my diagram of the "Light Reactions" of photosynthesis: now it is a proper coloring page, ready to print and color.
 Here it is (click to enlarge, ctrl-click or right-click to save...)

The improvement was to add, at bottom, an icon for the Calvin cycle (the "Dark Reactions"), showing how the Light Reactions supply the necessary ATP and NADPH. The Calvin cycle is, after all, the whole point. It's how plants get ALL their carbon. It's where all our food comes from! To build sugar out of carbon dioxide takes CHEMICAL ENERGY (ATP) and REDUCING POWER (NADPH).

Here is a colored version:

I know it looks bewildering at first, but it may be helpful. Questions? Ask!
Cheers,
Morgan G.

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