what is photosynthesis
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Photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert carbon dioxide into their food by using the energy derived from sun.
The essential materials for this process are water, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll.
The leaves and the stem of the plant have microscopic holes, known as stomata, through which the carbon dioxide enters into the plant.
Water enters the plants through roots, while carbon dioxide is getting absorbed.
After, the water absorbed by the roots, it travels all the way through the stem to reach the leaves where photosynthesis takes place.
Water is combined with carbon dioxide and used by the plant to produce oxygen and energy rich molecule, glucose.
Oxygen is released into the atmosphere with the help of stomata.
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- Plants and other creatures utilize photosynthesis to convert light energy into chemical energy, which is then released to power the organism's activities through cellular respiration.
- This chemical energy is stored in carbohydrate molecules like sugars and starches, which are made from carbon dioxide and water - hence the name photosynthesis, which means "putting together" in Greek.
- The majority of the time, oxygen is discharged as a waste product as well.
- Photoautotrophs include plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, which all perform photosynthesis.
- 6CO2 + 6H2O = C6H12O6 + 6O2 is a typical formula for the photosynthesis process.
- This signifies that light energy collected by chlorophyll (implied by the arrow) converts the reactants, six carbon dioxide molecules and six water molecules, into a sugar molecule and six oxygen molecules, which are the products.
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