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Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants create food using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water, occurring in chloroplasts with chlorophyll. The overall equation is carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen. This process is crucial for providing food for living organisms, releasing oxygen for respiration, and maintaining atmospheric gas balance.

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Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants create food using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water, occurring in chloroplasts with chlorophyll. The overall equation is carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen. This process is crucial for providing food for living organisms, releasing oxygen for respiration, and maintaining atmospheric gas balance.

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Photosynthesis

🔹 Definition

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants make their own food
using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water in the presence of chlorophyll.

🔹 Equation of Photosynthesis

Carbon dioxide + Water → Glucose + Oxygen

(in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll)

🔹 Site of Photosynthesis

Occurs in the chloroplast

Chlorophyll absorbs sunlight

🔹 Raw Materials Required

🌞 Sunlight

💧 Water (absorbed by roots)

🌬 Carbon dioxide (from air)

🍃 Chlorophyll

🔹 Process of Photosynthesis (Steps)

Absorption of sunlight by chlorophyll

Conversion of light energy into chemical energy

Formation of glucose

Release of oxygen

🔹 Importance of Photosynthesis

Source of food for all living organisms

Releases oxygen necessary for respiration

Maintains balance of gases in the atmosphere

🔹 Factors Affecting Photosynthesis

Light intensity

Carbon dioxide concentration


Temperature

Water availability

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