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? 2017 Pearson Education, Inc. Lecture Presentations byNicole Tunbridge and Kathleen Fitzpatrick Chapter 10 Photosynthesis 1 The Process That Feeds the Biosphere Plants and other photosynthetic organisms contain organelles called chloroplasts Photosynthesis is the process that converts solar energy into chemical energy within chloroplasts Directly or indirectly, photosynthesis nourishes almost the entire living world Photosynthesis occurs in plants, algae, certain other unicellular eukaryotes, and some prokaryotes ? 2017 Pearson Education, Inc. 2 Autotrophs are ?self-feeders? that sustain themselves without eating anything derived from other organisms Autotrophs are the producers of the biosphere, producing organic molecules from CO2 and other inorganic molecules
