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Where Does Photosynthesis Occur?
Photosynthesis primarily occurs in the plant leaves.
water
chloroplast
epidermis
Chloroplasts spongy cells
The entire process takes leaf vein
place in an organelle stomata
called the chloroplast.
Inside each chloroplast there
are green pigment molecules called
chlorophyll. Chlorophyll absorbs light energy from the Sun. This pigment
also gives plants their green color.
The water needed for photosynthesis travels to the leaves through the plant’s
vascular system. Leaf veins deliver the water to the chloroplasts.
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