Photosynthesis Fun
By Moneer Baahmad 6th
The process
Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants create their own food. They recieve energy from the sun, Carbon Dioxide from animals, and water from rain or other sources.The food made is a sugar-like substance named glucose. The equation is 6H2O + 6CO2=C6H12O6+6O2
How it's made
Plants take in sunlight, Carbon, and water to create glucose, the plant's food. CO2 being carbon dioxide, O2 being oxygen, and C6H12O6 being carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Glucose compound
Here is a picture of the glucose compound and a animated glucose molecule compound.
Cloro-BLAST!
Shown here is an example of one of the plants most important feature, the chloroplast. The little green pigments in the chloroplasts are called chlorophyll and is what makes a plant green.
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