Photosynthesis: Crash Course Biology #8

Hank explains the extremely complex series of reactions whereby plants feed themselves on sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and also create some by products we’re pretty fond of as well. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! Like CrashCourse on Facebook: Follow CrashCourse on Twitter: This video uses sounds from , a list of which can be found, along with the CITATIONS for this episode, in the Google document here: Table of Contents: 1) Water 1:16 2) Carbon Dioxide 1:32 3) Sunlight/Photons 1:43 4) Chloroplasts 1:57 5) Light Reaction/Light-Dependent 2:42 a. Photosystem II 3:33 b. Cytochrome Complex 5:54 c. ATP Synthase 6:16 d. Photosystem I 7:06 6) Dark Reactions/Light-Independent 7:55 a. Phase 1 - Carbon Fixation 8:50 b. Phase 2 - Reduction 11:31 c. Phase 3 - Regeneration 12:02 tags: photosynthesis, biology,