Photosynthesis / A. Malcolm Campbell, Christopher J. Paradise.
Campbell, A. Malcolm., author.; Paradise, Christopher J., author.
2016
QK882 .C256 2016
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Title Photosynthesis / A. Malcolm Campbell, Christopher J. Paradise.
Author Campbell, A. Malcolm., author.
ISBN 9781944749101 (electronic book)
9781944749095
Published New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (54 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number QK882 .C256 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 581.13342
Summary Perhaps the most important chemical reactions on the planet take place inside a plant's chloroplasts. In this tiny green organelle, plants have the capacity to capture the energy in light and use that energy to convert CO2 gas into building blocks used to produce all four categories of biological molecules-- lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and nucleic acids. Animals could not survive if plants did not exist. Not only do they provide us with oxygen to breathe, they also generate the starting materials for everything we eat. Rather than focusing on names and trivial details, this book shows how plants harvest energy in a way that self-regulates. Plants shift how they process light energy to maximize their productivity and minimize their exposure to dehydration. All of this regulation is carried out inside every plant on earth. In addition to plants, there are microbial primary producers that can harvest energy from a range of environmental sources so that no place on earth is devoid of life.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 14, 2016).
Added Author Paradise, Christopher J., author.
Series Biology collection.
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