PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy = C6H12O6 + 6O2
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C6H12O6 + 6O2 = 6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The process of photosynthesis is commonly written as: 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2. This means that the reactants, six carbon dioxide molecules and six water molecules, are converted by light energy captured by chlorophyll (implied by the arrow) into a sugar molecule and six oxygen molecules, the products.
Detailed explanation-2: -The equation for photosynthesis is 6H2O (water) + 6CO2 (carbon dioxide) + Light Energy → C6H12O6 (glucose) + 6O2(oxygen). When first discovered, scientists were trying to decide if the oxygen in the product came from carbon dioxide or water. Which statement describes how scientists traced the path of oxygen?
Detailed explanation-3: -The reaction C 6 H 12 O 6 ( aq ) + 6 O 2 ( g ) → 6 CO 2 ( g ) + 6 H 2 O ( l ) + ∆ Glucose Oxygen carbon water heat dioxide is exothermic.