Photosynthesis
You see a little flower just starting out and you think to yourself, "How is this flower going to grow?" Curiosity built, you decide to experiment on the topic and as you read up on it you learn about photosynthesis. Glancing out at the flower once again you notice it leaning toward the sun as though it was stretching toward it. Photosynthesis is in action.
The rays of the sun are extra warm today and you relate the warmth to chemistry class where you learned that heat is actually energy and all of this energy begins with the sun. Green leaves on the flower tell that the energy has a place to go and the process of photosynthesis can happen there. Green plants absorb the energy into their leaves because that is where all of the necessary supplies for the process is.
Remembering that the rays of the sun are all of different coloured wave lengths and also wondering if that is why the leaves are green, you take a crystal and place it near the leaves. You notice the only two colours that hit the leaves are red and blue; green does not even appear. Plants only take in red and blue wave length rays for photosynthesis.
Within the plant's leaves the energy is being captured within the chloroplasts which exist in the cell's organelle. These are also inside of the stem. The other ingredients found within here are water, carbon dioxide, oxygen and glucose. The process is a two part thing which happens half the time in the light and half in the dark.
While it is light out, the plant is gathering as much energy as possible and storing it for when the light goes away. Then the Calvin Cycle, turning the energy into glucose (sugar molecules) to help build within the cells causing the plant to grow. The Calvin Cycle is essentially built on the fact that carbon dioxide, water, and light energy create oxygen and glucose.
As these sugar molecules are created they are transported through the plant by the stroma. As it moves it is converted into usable energy allowing the plant to build within and grow. The molecules are creating new cells which is how any organism expands it's being.
Once you have discovered all of these facts you see that the little flower isoniazid it's way to growing very large as long as it has access to the sun, water, and air. They feed themselves and you see that the only thing you need to remember now is to water it often.

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And yes I wrote this... *blush*

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Originally Posted by Couture_myass

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In an environmental science class...
It was so weird to write like this...

What are we supposed to talk about? :gonk:

You should add some discussion points to your original post.

Have you ever stood in a sun beam and pretended to photosynthesize?

I think that I am going to move this thread to the Lit Spot, as it's more poetic than conversational. ;)

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Kitsune Allisonn:

It's not poetic >~< it's a um... Kinda of essay. Where you pretend the reader is the one learning the stuff for themselves. Here is a question for you all, when was the last time you cared about photosynthesis?

In middle school when we learned all about it. :P