billy bob wrote:MyNameIsKooky wrote:billy bob wrote:(Interesting, have any of you found out why trees and stuff are green?
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Photosynthesis.
*looks up photosynthesis*
Thanks MyNameIsKooky!
If only I could understand the definition and how it works...
I just took botany and learned all about this stuff. Photosynthesis is the process of light, chlorophyll, water, and Carbon Dioxide. This process(I belive) makes Sugar, a plant's food. The Chlorophyll is what turns the leaves green and turns the rest of the stuff to sugar, however, the plant needs sunlight to make chlorophyll.
If you need an example, go throw a board on the grass. In a couple of days, the grass underneath will be BROWN not GREEN, because it doesn't have sunlight for it to make Chlorophyll. Since a plant stores some of it's food, it will still live. But if you leave it there long enough, it'll die because it doesn't have any more food.
The sunlight's job by make chlorophyll live, and chlorophyll does it's job by making water and Carbon Dioxide into sugar, which is food for the plant. The plant gets it's water from the roots, and the Carbon Dioxide from the stomata(Which are very tiny flaps on leaves). This whole process is called Photosynthesis.
Seriously, haven't you taken botany?
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