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not for pho to syn the sis, there would
Tetrapod fos sil
be no plants, and if there were no
plants there would be lit tle ox y -
gen—and no an i mals and hu man
be ings. This chem i cal re ac tion,
which can not be rep li cat ed in any
lab o ra to ry, rep re sents one of the ba -
sic con di tions for life.
In ad di tion, there is a to tal bal -
ance be tween the pho to syn the sis
un ten a ble—and al so, has no foun da -
per formed by plants and the en er gy
tion in the fos sil record.
con sumed by an i mals and hu man
In or der for a fish to adapt to life
be ings. Plants pro vide us with glu -
on dry land, it would have to un der -
cose and ox y gen. In our cells, we
go tre men dous chan ges in its re spir -
com bine that glu cose with ox y gen
a to ry sys tem, ex cre to ry sys tem and
and ox i dize it, thus re leas ing and us -
skel e tal struc ture. Its gills would
ing the so lar en er gy that plants orig -
have to be sup ple ment ed by lungs;
i nal ly used to form glu cose.
its fins would have to ac quire stur di -
What we're ac tu al ly do ing is re -
ness ca pa ble of bear ing the weight of
vers ing the proc ess of pho to syn the -
its body. Kidneys to dis pose of bod i -
sis. As a re sult, car bon di ox ide is giv -
ly wast es would need to form, and
en off as a waste prod uct, which we
its skin would have to ac quire a
re lease in to the at mos phere through
struc ture to pre vent loss of mois ture.
our lungs. This car bon di ox ide is
So long as all these chan ges fail to
then used again by plants in fur ther
take place, a fish could sur vive on
pho to syn the sis. And so this im mac -
dry land for on ly a few mi nutes. (See
u late cy cle con tin ues.
al so The Transition from Water to
As you see, pho to syn the sis is one
Land Thesis.)
of the most fun da men tal proc ess es
of life on Earth. Thanks to the chlo -
ro plasts in side them, plant cells pro -
ORIGIN OF
duce starch by com bin ing wa ter and
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
car bon di ox ide, with the en er gy
Photosynthesis is a ma jor fac tor
from sun light. Animals, un a ble to
in sus tain ing life on Earth. Were it
pro duce their own nu tri ents, use the
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