Photosynthesis

• What is the word equation for photosynthesis?


  Carbon dioxide + water + sunlight -> glucose + oxygen
• What is the symbol equation for photosynthesis?


  6CO2 + 6H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
• what is the chemical symbol for carbon dioxide?


  CO2
• what is the chemical symbol for water?


  H2O
• what is the symbol equation for oxygen?


  O2
• what is the symbol equation for glucose?

  C6h12o6
• what do plants make?

  glucose
• when will the rate of photosynthesis increase?


  when a plant is given high concentrations of carbon dioxide up to a point
• what affects the rate of all chemical reactions including photosynthesis?


  temperature
• what kind of reaction is photosynthesis?


  an enzyme controlled reaction
• what happens if light doesn’t reach plants in areas of lower light?


  they dont tend to grow as tall
• what do water plants produce when they photosynthesise?


  bubbles of oxygen