Which row shows the word equation for photosynthesis?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen
- Step 1: Photosynthesis happens in chloroplasts using light energy.
- Step 2: Carbon dioxide and water are the raw materials, glucose and oxygen the products.
Answer
carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen.
Why not the others: glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water: this is respiration. glucose → lactic acid: this is anaerobic respiration. oxygen + water → glucose + carbon dioxide: the reactants are wrong.
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