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What is Photosynthesis?
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A process where plants, algae, and certain bacteria transform light energy into chemical energy, using CO2 and H2O as starting materials.
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| Light-absorbing organelles where photosynthesis in plants and algae occur. |
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| A light absorbing pigment in the chloroplasts that plays a central role in converting solar energy to chemical energy. |
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| How does photosynthesis produce food and O2? |
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| Photosynthesis takes the exhaust of cellular respiration and rearranges it's atoms to produce food and O2. |
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| What is the Photosynthesis cycle: |
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Photosynthesis
6 CO2 + 6 H2O ----------------> C6H12O6 + 6 O2
Carbon Water Glucose Oxygen
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| In what sense are the processes of cellular respiration and photosynthesis opposites of each other? |
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Cellular respiration uses O2 and glucose to produce CO2 and H2O.
Photosynthesis uses CO2 and H2O to produce glucose and O2. |
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| Photosynthesis takes place within organelles called ______________ using gases that are exchanged via pores called _______________. |
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