Blog Post #6 Adison Akery
After looking at our plant recently, I realized it was hardly recognizable compared to the tiny stub it used to be. It has grown from a few small leaves to a foot-tall brussel sprout plant. But how did it grow to be so large? Plants start out as a seed as small as a rough grain of sand. They eventually grow to be much, much larger, and there are reasons for this. The first reason is that the cells within the plant are constantly multiplying. Each cell eventually splits in two through a system called Mitosis. For Mitosis to take place the plant requires energy. That energy is gained in another cellular activity called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplasts in a cell, where sunlight causes enzymes to break down oxygen and hydrogen. When oxygen is released, electrons move down the electron transport chain, where hydrogen ions and the free electrons come together to convert NADP to NADPH. ADP is also conve...
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