Tag Archives: oxygen release

Photolysis of water

By | October 12, 2021

Plants and some other organisms like Algae and Cyanobacteria are involved in a process of Photosynthesis, which is a multi step process involving many reactions. In Photosynthesis, inorganic substances such as Carbon di oxide, water are used and convert them to organic molecules ( carbohydrates / food) and release oxygen in presence of sunlight. During… Read More »

Light Reaction – Photosynthesis in Plants (PART II)

By | September 19, 2021

Photosynthesis can be divided into two parts : Light dependent reactions or Light Reactions and Dark Reactions or Calvin Cycle. Light reactions forms the “Photo” part of Photosynthesis and Dark reactions / Calvin Cycle is a separate process which accounts for “synthesis” aspect in Photosynthesis, where sugars are produced. Light reaction involves the following events… Read More »