Summarized photosynthesis notes, Summaries of Biology

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PHOTOSYNTHESIS The process by which green plants make their own food by using sunlight, carbondioxide & water. EQUATION 6CO2 + 6H20 — C6H1206 + 602 SIMPLIFIED * Plants absorb sunlight through chrophyll. * Roots absorb water from soil. * Leaves take in carbon dioxide & exhale oxygen. - The plant uses these to make glucose [food]. * Oxygen (waste product) is released in atmosphere. KEY WORDS Chlorophyll - Green pigment that absorbs sunlight. Glucose - Food made by plants. Stomata - Tiny openings in leaves for gas exchange. SUMMARY * occurs in green leaves. * needs sunlight, co2, water. * Produces glucoses & releases oxygen.