Cellular Energy - Discovering Photosynthesis

Question 1

Photosynthesis

Answer 1

• The conversion of solar energy to a usable chemical energy.
• Scientists’ Contributions:
• Jan van Helmont: Used mass experiment to determine that plants get their mass from water​
• ​​​​​Jan Ingenhousz: Plants only produce oxygen in the presence of light.
• Joseph Priestly: Discovered that plants produce oxygen as they grow. He used a mint leaf inside of a jar.