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! http://dftba.com/product/1av/CrashCourse-Biology-The-Complete-Series-DVD-Set Like CrashCourse on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Follow CrashCourse on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse This video uses sounds from Freesound.org, a list of which can be found, along with the CITATIONS for this episode, in the Google document here: http://dft.ba/-29ai 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, science, crashcourse, plants, light, calvin cycle, respiration, water, carbon dioxide, sunlight, xylem, time lapse, stomata, chlorophyll, photon, plastid, chloroplast, oxygen, thylakoid, grana, lumen, stroma, chemistry, fusion, photoexcitation, photosystem II, electron transport chain, protein, cytochrome complex, carbon fixation, rubisco, phosphoglycolate, reduction, regeneration, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, G3P, glucose, cellulose, starch, life Support CrashCourse on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crashcourse