Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis-Single Displacement Reaction- 6 C O2(gas) + 12 H2O(liquid) + photons → C6H12O6(aqueous) + 6 O2(gas) + 6 H2O(liquid)

By Taelyn Reid & Karaya Morris -**The Calvin Cycle** a series of biochemical reactions taking place in the photosynthetic organism. H2O- is the most common compound on Earth. It can exist as a liquid, solid, or gas. Water contains one oxygen molecule and 2 hydrogen molecule. Photosynthesis requires water as one of it most important reactants. Without water as a part of the process of photosynthesis, the initial process itself would not be possible and life on earth would not exist. In the reactions its purpose through photolysis results in diatomic oxygen. CO2-Carbon Dioxide along with the positive hydrogen from water creates a carbohydrate within the photosynthesis reaction. In photosynthesis carbon undergoes fixation (removable from the air). Facts: photosynthesis uses Carbon Dioxide and water to create sugars and organic compounds, releasing oxygen as a waster product. Photons- “ is an elementary particle, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation.” – Wikipedia article (Photons). Photons have no rest mass which allows it to have reactions at very long distances.
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C6H12O6- Glucose is sent off by the mitochondria the cells power source producers taken by the chloroplast which stores power from the sun another key source in the reaction of photosynthesis. O6- Oxygen is a byproduct of photosynthesis.
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Photosynthesis serves many purposes in the world. Through the process of photosynthesis plants are able to produce “sugar” and energy for themselves. Since plants are the initial “producers” of all life on earth, the process of photosynthesis is an essential part or human survival. Plants are part of the cycle of life, plants produce energy, animals consume plants, and we as humans consume plants and animals. The energy produced by the process of photosynthesis is the basic starting point for all terrestrial and aquatic food chains. Photosynthesis is the source of most of the “organic carbon” found in organisms. Photosynthesis is essential to life.

Chemical reactions are the products of the building blocks of the world. In everyday life we experience new and old chemical reactions, created all over the world. When you eat and your stomach digest or put salt as a topping you’ve just noted two chemical reactions. Reactions create heat, and products that are necessary for life, like photosynthesis the source of food energy for plants which feed people and more or H2O water the Liquid necessary for life. Structures and Methods are used in life everyday, Reactions are just like these but the world would be nothing without them.

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