What is photosynthesis? What are the reactants and what are the products in the overall chemical reaction for photosynthesis?

What will be an ideal response?


Photosynthesis is a process certain organisms use to convert light energy from the sun into chemical energy in organic molecules. The overall chemical reaction for photosynthesis is:

6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight ? C6H12O6 + 6O2.

So, the reactants are carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight, and the products are glucose and oxygen.

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Proposals to directly manipulate Earth's climate are called "geoengineering."

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following are the main types of folds?

a. Anticline b. Multicline c. Syncline d. MonoCline e. Both a, c, and d

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How has the road system been influenced by the topography

The question is based on Map T-6, the “Johnson City, Tennessee-Virginia-Kentucky- North Carolina” topographic map (scale 1:250,000; contour interval 100 feet). This map shows a portion of the Appalachian Mountains at the Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia border 136°39'30"N, 83°01'05"W). Figure 41-4 is a satellite image of this same region (to view this image, scan the QR code for this exercise or go to the Hess Laboratory Manual website and Exercise 41). What will be an ideal response?

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