what is photosynthesis?
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⠀⠀⠀ ❈ Pʜᴏᴛᴏꜱʏɴᴛʜᴇꜱɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ ʙʏ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ғᴏᴏᴅ. Iᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴅᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴍɪᴄ (ᴛᴀᴋᴇꜱ ɪɴ ʜᴇᴀᴛ) ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴜꜱᴇꜱ ꜱᴜɴʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴄᴀʀʙᴏɴ ᴅɪᴏxɪᴅᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ꜱᴜɢᴀʀꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴇʟʟ ᴄᴀɴ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴀꜱ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ. Aꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀꜱ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛꜱ, ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴋɪɴᴅꜱ ᴏғ ᴀʟɢᴀᴇ, ᴘʀᴏᴛɪꜱᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴀ ᴜꜱᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ғᴏᴏᴅ.
Answer: Photosynthesis is
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a by-product.
Explanation: The overall equation for the light-dependent reactions under the conditions of non-cyclic electron flow in green plants is: 2 H2O + 2 NADP+ + 3 ADP + 3 Pi + light → 2 NADPH + 2 H+ + 3 ATP + O. Not all wavelengths of light can support photosynthesis.