Unlocking The Secrets Of Photosynthesis: How Primary Producers Create Their Own Nourishment
Primary producers, such as plants and algae, create their own food through photosynthesis, a process that converts sunlight into chemical energy. This process occurs within chloroplasts, specialized organelles containing chlorophyll, the pigment that absorbs sunlight. The energy from sunlight is used to drive an electron transport chain, generating ATP and NADP+ molecules, which are then…