Photosynthesis

• Photosynthesis


  A process in plants in which light energy is trapped by chlorophyll to produce food
• Photosynthesis


  Carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen
• The balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis is: 6CO₂ + 6H₂O → CH₁₂O₆ + 6O₂
• Photosynthesis


  • Requires (light) energy to work
  • Is an endothermic reaction
• Photosynthesis


  Carbon dioxide + water → glucose
• Endothermic reactions


  Reactions that require energy to be absorbed (taken in) to work
• Starch


  Requires heating
• Photosynthetic reaction

  Endothermic (takes in energy), takes place in chloroplasts, chlorophyll absorbs light energy and produces sugars and starch
• Photosynthesis


  1. Chlorophyll absorbs light energy

  2. Raw materials of carbon dioxide and water combine

  3. Produces food (glucose)

  4. Stores food as starch in vacuole

  5. Releases oxygen as waste product
• Oxygen is a waste product of photosynthesis and is released into the atmosphere
• Word equation for photosynthesis

  Carbon Dioxide + Water -> Glucose + Oxygen
• The chemical equation for photosynthesis is not provided