Morning glory (also written as morning-glory) is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose current taxonomy and systematics are in flux. Morning glory species belong to many genera, some of which are: 1  Calystegia.
Today, the average rate of energy capture by photosynthesis globally is approximately 130 terawatts, which is about three times the current power consumption of human civilization. Photosynthetic organisms also convert around 100â115 thousand million metric tonnes of carbon into biomass per year.
Lesson Summary. In summary, photosynthesis is the process that converts energy from sunlight into food in plants and some protists and bacteria. Photosynthesis is essentially the reverse of cellular respiration, where our bodies convert food into usable energy. Photosynthesis is driven by the use of a pigment or molecule that absorbs a specific wavelength of energy.