This week in class we discussed photosynthesis and how it effects plants.we decided that plants need carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), and sunlight to produce photosynthesis. We tested this by separating each component individually and testing them if each one produced oxygen, one of the products of photosynthesis. they all did proving that sunlight, CO2 and water are all needed in the process of photosynthesis.
We also learned the process of process of photosynthesis. First H2O enters the plant. Then sunlight is introduced. The sunlight strips the H's(hydrogen) and keeps it int the plant and lets the O's (oxygen into the air so that we have something to breathe). Finally carbon dioxide enters the plant. The hydrogen atoms combine with the CO2 to makes glucose (sugar or food for the plant) or as a molecule it is C6H12O6 meaning it has 6 carbon dioxide atoms, 12 hydrogen atoms and 6 oxygen atoms. That is how the plant gets the food that it needs, through photosynthesis.
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