2. State the meaning of the term 'Photosynthesis'.
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: synthesis of chemical compounds with the aid of radiant energy and especially light especially : formation of carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and a source of hydrogen (such as water) in the chlorophyll-containing cells (as of green plants) exposed to light.
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photosynthesis
Plants absorb sunlight and turn that energy into food; the process is known as photosynthesis.
This is a compound word made up of photo (which means "light") and synthesis (which means "to put together"). Think of a synthesizer, which puts together different sounds to produce music. A plant uses light to put together chemical compounds and turn them into carbohydrates: food. Although the word can be used to describe any process that uses light to connect compounds, the word is almost always used to describe a plant's method of making food.