Photosynthesis Definition

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The biological synthesis of chemical compounds in the presence of light.
Webster's New World
The production of organic substances, chiefly sugars, from carbon dioxide and water occurring in green plant cells supplied with enough light to allow chlorophyll to aid in the transformation of the radiant energy into a chemical form.
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(biology) The process by which plants and other photoautotrophs generate carbohydrates and oxygen from carbon dioxide, water, and light energy.

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  • When that condition is attained, photosynthesis slows down and ceases.

  • Photosynthesis would not be possible if plants did not have the green tint that is given by chlorophyll.

  • Plants can survive with water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide because of photosynthesis.

  • Photosynthesis commences in the presence of light, carbon dioxide and when the plant is subjected to a suitable temperature.

  • Thanks to the process of photosynthesis, plants produce the food we eat are oxygen we breathe.

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