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Describe how the meaning of the term photosynthesis is a combination of the meaning of the prefixes photo and syn?
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∙ 14y ago
photo is from a Greek word fos, meaning light.
syn is from the Greek word syn, meaning with.
thesis is from the Greek word tithemi, meaning to put or make.
if you add syn to thesis you get synthesis, meaning to make by combining, or blending.
photo synthesis : making by combining using light. (carbon dioxide + water = sugar, using light energy).
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