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Why the food making process in plants is called photosynthesis?
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∙ 11y ago
Photo. The light reaction where light energy is turned into energy carrying molecules of ATP and NADPH.
Synthesis. The light independent reactions of the Calvin cycle where those energy rich molecules give up there electrons, carbon dioxide is fixed and sugar in the form of glyceraldihyde-3-phosphate is made.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y ago"-synthesis" means creation or making, "photo-" refers to light. Put together photosynthesis means creation in the presence of light or with light, which is essentially what a plant does during this process: they use light energy to create food.
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