Balancing chemical equation of photosynthesis by coefficients
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Step 1: Write the equation in a simplified manner
This is the first and foremost step that should be taken whenever you are intending to come up with a balanced equation of photosynthesis.
CO2 + H2O + Light energy > C6H12O6 + O2
This equation will only be termed as a balanced equation of photosynthesis if and only number of molecules for each of the elements reactants side are equal to those in the product side. Needless to say, there is one atom of carbon in the reactant side while there are six in the product side. Therefore, we need to insert 6 in front of the carbon (iv) oxide molecule. This will take us to the next step.
Step 2: Check if hydrogen atoms are equal on both sides of the equation
6 CO2 + H2O + Light energy > C6H12O6 + O2
Now, the carbon atoms are equal on both sides. The remaining atoms to check are hydrogen and oxygen. We have 2 hydrogen atoms on the reactants sided and 12 in the product side. This has to be balanced too. How? By putting 6 just before the water molecule in the reactant side will serve us good in our balancing process. Consequently, the resulting equation will leave both carbon and hydrogen atoms balanced. We need to consider the third atom which is Oxygen is also balanced.
Step 3: Check if the number of oxygen atoms is balanced
6 CO2 + 6H2O + Light energy > C6H12O6 + O2
The resulting equation is almost getting balanced but only oxygen atoms are unbalanced. In this case, we have 20 molecules of oxygen atoms on the reactants side and 8 molecules on the product side. Suppose we put 6 just before oxygen atom in then we will have our oxygen atoms balanced. The resulting equation will take us to the final step of obtaining a balanced equation of photosynthesis
Step 4: Check if all atoms are balanced
6 CO2 + 6H2O + Light energy > C6H12O6 + 6O2
If we consider every atom present in the reactants side against that which is present in the products side, we will get to know that there are an equal number of molecules. Therefore, it is transparently clear that the final equation is a balanced equation of photosynthesis.
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6 H2O+6 CO2+Sunlight → 6 C6H12O6 + 6 O2
In other words
6 molecules of water + 6 molecules of carbon dioxide + sunlight → (turns into) 6 glucose molecules (basic sugars) + 6 oxygen molecules.
The taking in of carbon dioxide and it’s conversion to oxygen is the reason that plants are crucial to us.
Aerobic Cellular respiration, the process used to take sugar and oxygen and turn them into energy, is crucial to being able to do anything, and it is just the opposite, just flip the arrow, and change sunlight to ATP energy.
The reason for the 6’s is due to the nitty gritty of the actual process itself, but this is all it really is.
This simple equation is the reason we all can live and breathe, thank goodness for that!
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