General Biology I · Module 7 · Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis Walkthrough

Follow light into a leaf, watch water split and electrons hop down the thylakoid membrane, turn the Calvin cycle one carbon at a time, and see how plants cope with heat and drought. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · General Biology I Study Tools · Drawings are simplified and not to scale. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Animations run far slower than real electron transfers and far faster than real growth; molecule counts are reduced so you can follow them. Practise next in the Photosynthesis Lab.