Photosynthesis Bop

Little green leaf on a big tall tree Feeling hungry for some energy The sun is shining, a golden ray Got a job to do, gotta work all day Sippin' up water from the roots below Breathing in the air, the CO2 you know Got all the pieces, the plan is set It's the greatest recipe you've ever met Oh, it's photosynthesis, turn the beat up! Sunlight, water, and the CO2 In a chloroplast kitchen, cooking for you Makes the sugar for the energy, yeah it's true And the oxygen we're breathing is the bonus prize

Look around, it's happening before your eyes! Inside the leaf, it's a microscopic scene Little green engines called chlorophyll, so keen They trap the photons, particles of light Splitting water molecules with all their might This is part one, the light reaction phase Releasing oxygen in a sunlit haze The energy's stored, like a battery's charge Ready for a mission that's extra large Oh, it's photosynthesis, turn the beat up! Sunlight, water, and the CO2 In a chloroplast kitchen, cooking for you Makes the sugar for the energy, yeah it's true

And the oxygen we're breathing is the bonus prize Look around, it's happening before your eyes! Now the light can fade, but the work's not done The Calvin Cycle's only just begun It takes that energy, so neatly packed And uses CO2 in a clever act It builds a sugar, a perfect little treat Glucose fuel, oh so sweet It's the sun's own candy, made from the air Power for the planet, beyond compare Oh, it's photosynthesis, turn the beat up! Sunlight, water, and the CO2 In a chloroplast kitchen, cooking for you

Makes the sugar for the energy, yeah it's true And the oxygen we're breathing is the bonus prize Look around, it's happening before your eyes!